Middle East Quotes - Page 22

• I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.

  Zaha Hadid

  Regret, Two, Done

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• Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.

  Zaha Hadid

  Different, East, Middle

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2009.

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• At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

  William Hague

  Rights, Government, Law

  "Libya air strikes". Live coverage of the continuing military action in Libya, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2011.

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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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• 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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• Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.

  Roger Ebert

  Notion, Regions, Ifs

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• Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues you have to think about women in the world, especially Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

  Gail Collins

  Thinking, America, Issues

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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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• 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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• I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.

  Abdallah II

  Thinking, Experts, Impossible

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• The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

  John Abizaid

  Powerful, United States, Earth

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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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• The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.

  Joe Biden

  Aunt, Hopeful, East

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• Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

  James Buchan

  Justice, Needs, Dictator

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• Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed.

  James Buchan

  Fall, Oil, Speed

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• I've just finished my 20th book this past year and I'm working on my 21st book about the Middle East right now that I'll finish this year. And I get up early in the morning and when I get tired of the computer and tired of doing research, I walk 20 steps out to my woodshop and I either build furniture or paint paintings. I'm an artist too.

  Jimmy Carter

  Morning, Book, Tired

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• Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

  Hillary Clinton

  Israel, Egypt, Years

  "Clinton calls for a peaceful transition to democracy in Egypt" by Tom Cohen, www.cnn.com. January 30, 2011.

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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 people whose necks hurt when I write about the Middle East tend to live in Brooklyn or Boca Raton: the kind of Zionist who pays another man to live in Israel for him. I have nothing but contempt for such people.

  Tony Judt

  Hurt, Writing, Men

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• Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.

  John Major

  Bottles, Genies, Enormous

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• Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play; civilizations emerged next to rivers in China, India, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They sustain life and bring death and destruction. They are ferocious at times; gentle at times. They are placid and mean. They trigger conflict and delineate boundaries. Rivers are the stuff of metaphor and fable, painting and poetry. Rivers unite and divide - a thread that runs from source to exhausted release.

  Edward Gargan

  Running, Mean, Europe

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• Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.

  Anthony Weiner

  Military, Fighting, Israel

  "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. January 27, 2011.

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• If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Country, War, Hero

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