Middle East Quotes - Page 18

• I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

  Abdallah II

  Country, Peaceful, Energy

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• For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.

  Karen Armstrong

  Christian, Able, Century

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• I kind of think that if you show conspiracy theorists a photo of the dead Bin Laden they will come up with an explanation for why it's really a Photoshoped picture of Bin Laden asleep. Or his dead cousin Fred. Donald Trump apparently believes that Bin Laden is dead, so that ought to be enough for the Middle East.

  Gail Collins

  Cousin, Believe, Thinking

  "The Power in a Photo". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. May 4, 2011.

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• The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.

  Gail Collins

  Nsa, Uprising, Special

  "Data, Data, What Do You See?". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. June 12, 2013.

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• We have done a tremendous disservice, not only to Middle East, we've done a tremendous disservice to humanity.

  Donald Trump

  Humanity, Done, Disservice

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

  William Hague

  Country, Strong, Giving

  "Foreign Secretary: "We are on the side of a stable democratic future for Egypt"". Interview with Andrew Marr, www.gov.uk. February 6, 2011.

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• You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

  Alexander Haig

  Frustration, Looks, Tribalism

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• A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

  Christopher Hitchens

  War, Risk, East

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• The Middle East is totally destabilized. A total and complete mess.

  Donald Trump

  East, Middle, Mess

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

  Molly Ivins

  Firsts, Steps, Conflict

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• When terrorism is directly aiming at Western countries, it is automatically and abnormally enlarged in order to instill emotions and fear. However, when attacks happen in the Middle East, is it conveniently downplayed and less talked about. Unless they would benefit more from a heavy coverage.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Country, Order, Benefits

  Source: themuslimtimes.info

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• The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

  Shimon Peres

  Poverty, Problem, East

  "Israeli President Shimon Peres Applauds Hollywood's Influence on Youth" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 9, 2012.

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• Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we're going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.

  Benjamin Carson

  Couple, Thinking, Years

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, oh, we're going to spread freedom and democracy, and everybody in the Middle East is going to love us. They are not going to love us.

  Rand Paul

  Democracy, Realistic, Foreign Policy

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• Since the uprisings in the Middle East many scholars have come out saying that freedom comes first before the Shariah. There is also something important that we must keep in mind in our understanding the Shariah, and that is the room for what is permissible should be as wide as possible. So we should leave it open to let people be creative.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Uprising, People, Creative

  Source: dinmerican.wordpress.com

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• In my opinion, we've spent $4 trillion trying to topple various people [on the Middle East] that frankly, if they were there and if we could've spent that $4 trillion in the United States to fix our roads, our bridges, and all of the other problems; our airports and all of the other problems we've had, we would've been a lot better off.

  Donald Trump

  Airports, Bridges, People

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East.

  Chris Christie

  Iran, Empowering, Unrest

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• We shouldn't have a program where we just say that we're going to take care of the world's refugees. Nobody in the Middle East is doing anything. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait - all the Gulf nations are doing nothing.

  Rand Paul

  Qatar, Kuwait, Arabia

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• This administration, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton through their foreign policy, have betrayed the American people, because the weakness they've displayed has led to Putin's incursions in the Middle East and in eastern Europe, and has led - has led to significant problems in the Middle East as well, and the death and murder of lots of folks.

  Chris Christie

  Europe, People, Weakness

  "5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors.

  Etgar Keret

  Strong, Wish, Want

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• Shaking up whole region means that Israel needs the US for its safety and military camps are "flourishing" everywhere in the Middle East. It has been said that Barack Obama is less interested in the Middle East. I don't think so. This mess has been created and maintained. Maybe the US is pretending to be less interested, however, it allows them to take their power back when it comes to security.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Military, Mean, Thinking

  Source: themuslimtimes.info

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• I think we need somebody absolutely that we can trust, who is totally responsible; who really knows what he or she is doing. That is so powerful and so important. And one of the things that I'm frankly most proud of is that in 2003, 2004, I was totally against going into Iraq because you're going to destabilize the Middle East.

  Donald Trump

  Powerful, Thinking, Iraq

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.

  Robert Fisk

  New York, House, The End Of The Day

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. November 30, 2001.

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• We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers carrying out orders or mafia men carrying out killings for bosses. But the way things happen in the Middle East is not the same as in the West.

  Robert Fisk

  Men, Order, Boss

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. November 30, 2001.

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• There are ways to minimize the risk if you are a woman working in the Middle East: You can dress modestly, wear the hijab, cover your head, always travel with a man.

  Lynsey Addario

  Men, Over You, Risk

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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