Iran Quotes

• Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

  Moshe Katsav

  Years, Land, Long

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.

  Moshe Katsav

  Strong, People, Culture

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• If Iran does not change its policies, it won't be able to integrate into the international community and will become even more isolated than it is now, which likely will have a negative impact on the Iranian people.

  Moshe Katsav

  Impact, People, Community

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• I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.

  Moshe Katsav

  Israel, Agreement, Community

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• Iran has a dismal record on human rights.

  Howard Berman

  Rights, Records, Humans

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• If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them.

  Mohammad Khatami

  Country, Burning, Hell

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• I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.

  Andy Rooney

  Wish, Literature, Arms

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• I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

  Denis Leary

  Funny, Country, Humor

  Denis Leary (2015). “No Cure for Cancer”, p.93, Anchor

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• Iran stands behind a substantial number of terrorist actions against us, together with Hizballah and the Islamic Jihad. It pretends to care for the Palestinians.

  Moshe Katsav

  Islamic, Numbers, Together

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• One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.

  Newt Gingrich

  Morning, Korea, Disaster

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• There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

  Moshe Katsav

  Country, Rights, Community

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• Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i.e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Running, Country, Fall

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• The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it is our job to take meaningful steps to eliminate the threats posed by Iran.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Meaningful, Strong, Jobs

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• But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Night, Iraq, Israel

  "Benjamin Netanyahu on Alleged Rift With President Obama, Mideast Peace Process". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 11, 2010.

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• We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we're going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision.

  Hillary Clinton

  Choices, Decision, Leader

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• In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.

  Madeleine Albright

  America, Political, Administration

  "Secretary of State Albright Announces Easing of U.S. Trade Ban on Iran". Speech at CNN, www.cnn.com. March 17, 2000.

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• Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Israel, Community, Nuclear

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• Those who believe in this type of thing [Paul the Octopus, who ‘predicted’ the result of World Cup matches] cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Believe, Octopus, Perfection

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• Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global security.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Rights, Practice, Organization

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• We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Leadership, Korea, Giving

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• In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Islamic, Government, Opinion

  Ruhollah Khomeini's speech on November 9, 1978, as quoted in "The Most Truthful Individual in Recent History" in "Iranshenasi", Volume XIV, No. 4, as translated by Farhad Mafie, Winter 2003.

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• Iran can recruit hundreds of suicide bombers a day. Suicide is an invincible weapon. Suicide bombers in this land showed us the way, and they enlighten our future.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Suicide, Land, Bombers

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• People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Should Have, People, Historical

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• Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries; we know that. And this doesn't change anything.

  Mitch McConnell

  Change, Country, Looks

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• The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map.

  Shimon Peres

  President, Maps, Remember

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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