Bahrain Quotes

• May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people.

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

  People, Loyal, May

  "Bahrain will not digress from reform" by Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2011.

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• Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps.

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

  Growing, Steps, Steady

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• I was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Bahrain. The first year I went pretty much by myself. Then I went with General [Richard] Myers, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The shows and audiences were amazing. You'll never get a better group of people.

  Robin Williams

  Years, Iraq, People

  Source: www.rd.com

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• I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

  Law, Play, People

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• What is the most entrepreneurial country in the Middle East today? It's Lebanon. Which country has no oil or gas? Lebanon. The same was true of Israel, the same was of Bahrain. You could see a real gradation. Turkey, for instance: no oil and gas, very entrepreneurial. You can either dig your future out of the ground or you can unlock the potential of your people.

  Thomas Friedman

  Country, Real, Israel

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• Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings.

  Pat Boone

  Christmas, Blessing, Good Times

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• There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people.

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

  People, Cleansing, Killing

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• We are not shrinking from talking to Saudis or anyone else in the region, but it is up to each nation in the region to decide on its own how it will proceed and at what pace. There are other nations in the region that had similar policies to Saudi Arabia that are starting to make changes, such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco. And so it takes time but when you see the need for such changes, then changes tend to follow.

  Colin Powell

  Talking, Qatar, Kuwait

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

  Children, People, Decision

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• Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands.

  Elliott Abrams

  Land, Egypt, Yemen

  "Opinion: The Thanks of a Grateful Nation" by Joel D. Hirst, www.foxnews.com. May 2, 2011.

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• Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends.

  Colin Powell

  Moving, Qatar, Kuwait

  "Colin Powell interview with an Arabic newspaper". Interview with Khaled Al-Shami, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2002.

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• At least with [Hillary] Clinton, you know, there was some degree of transparency. There was some sense of what's going on here, and a lot to be very alarmed about, whether it's the - you know, the Prince Bandar and, you know, the princes of Saudi Arabia, or Bahrain, or the Russians that she enabled to acquire 20 percent of our uranium supply. I mean, really outrageous stuff. The arms deals, et., a lot of grave concern.

  Jill Stein

  Mean, Arms, Stuff

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The Arab awakening has been, up to now, a lot about freedom from dictatorial regimes - Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain and Egypt. But once you got freedom from, then you need freedom to. Freedom from is about destroying things. Freedom to is about constructing things, constructing the rule of law.

  Thomas Friedman

  Egypt, Law, Needs

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• Some socialist movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain, for instance, were genuine. I was making films about the so-called Arab Spring, and I'm well aware of how complex the situation really was. But it goes without saying is that the West immediately infiltrated and 'derailed' the revolutions, turning them into what you have described.

  Andre Vltchek

  Spring, Egypt, West

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.

  Frank Carlucci

  Kings, Qatar, Effort

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• Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we’re familiar with under King Abdullah.

  Elliott Abrams

  Strong, Kings, Thinking

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