North Korea Quotes - Page 9

• I escaped a North Korean prison camp

  Shindong

  Korean, Prison, Camps

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• He wants Obama to do one thing, call him ... He said, if you can, Dennis, I don't want to do war. I don't want to do war. He said that to me.

  Dennis Rodman

  War, Politics, Want

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• What I saw in that country, I saw in that country and I saw people respect him and his family and that's what I mean about that.

  Dennis Rodman

  Country, Mean, People

  "Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte; Plus Dennis Rodman on His Trip to North Korea". 'This Week', abcnews.go.com. March 3, 2013.

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• It's a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He's not his dad, not his grandpa. He's 28 years old.

  Dennis Rodman

  Dad, Kids, Years

  "Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte; Plus Dennis Rodman on His Trip to North Korea". 'This Week', abcnews.go.com. March 3, 2013.

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• It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.

  Kim Young-sam

  Country, Korea, Needs

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• If Mitt Romney can be pushed around, intimidated, coerced, co-opted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America, then how is he going to stand up to the Chinese? How is he going to stand up to Putin? How is he going to stand up to North Korea if he can be pushed around by a yokel like me? I don't think Romney is realizing the doubts that this begins to raise about his leadership.

  Bryan Fischer

  Thinking, Korea, America

  "Radio's Bryan Fischer Tries Pushing Romney Right". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 14, 2012.

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• 40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.

  Tom Lantos

  Children, Growth, Suffering

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• If wars create vast sums of money for the global elite, is it possible the Soviets, the Viet Cong and Muslim extremists were, or are, also fabricated enemies of the West along with North Korea? Or at least exaggerated threats?

  James Morcan

  War, Muslim Extremists, Korea

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• Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people?

  Mitchell Reiss

  Thinking, Korea, People

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• The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.

  Mitchell Reiss

  Country, Korea, United States

  "Interview with State Department Policy Planning Director Mitchell Reiss". Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.

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• There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

  Mitchell Reiss

  Korea, Different, Ifs

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• The reason the world is in the spot it's in is because North Korea entered into an agreement and then did not keep up their terms of the agreement. They received aid in return for promising not to develop nuclear weapons. They took the aid, they ran with the aid and then they developed a nuclear weapons anyway.

  Ari Fleischer

  Agreement, Korea, Nuclear

  "Powell sees no progress from North Korean proposal", www.cnn.com. April 29, 2003.

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• I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world.

  Kim Young-sam

  Sorry, Two, Police

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• There are reports that Russia is actually working with North Korea to encourage “collaboration and cooperation” between the two countries. Yeah, they believe that with Russia's economic power and North Korea's technology, they can be a real threat to 1987.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Country, Real, Believe

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• I hate the fact that he's doing that, but the fact is that, you know what, that's a human being, though. He let his guard down one day to me, a friend.

  Dennis Rodman

  Hate, One Day, Politics

  "What Are The Gobshites Saying These Days?". www.esquire.com. March 4, 2013.

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• He wanted to know what assurance we could give the American people that we aren't getting the tar licked out of us by the North Korean army. It has never happened to us. It won't happen this time.

  Harry S. Truman

  War, Army, People

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• In contrast, Western historians, and those in South Korea, say the North attacked the South on June 25, 1950. Both sides agree that after the war began, the North Korean Army captured Seoul in three days and pushed as far south as Pusan before American troops arrived to drive back the North Koreans nearly as far north as the border to China.

  Sheryl WuDunn

  War, Army, Korea

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• The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.

  George W. Bush

  Technology, Iran, Korea

  President Bush's Statement on North Korea Nuclear Test, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 9, 2006.

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• The despicable North Korean attack in Rangoon deprived us of trusted advisers and friends. So many of those who died had won admirers in America as they studied with us or guided us with their counsel. I personally recall the wisdom and composure of Foreign Minister Lee, with whom I met in Washington just a few short months ago. To the families and countrymen of all those who were lost, America expresses its deep sorrow.

  Ronald Reagan

  Korea, Usa, America

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

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• At the beginning of this year also, I called upon the North Korean side to open dialog between the responsible authorities of the South and the North at any place, at any time, and at any level, in order to prevent a recurrence of war and to cooperate to speed up the peaceful unification of our fatherland. However, no sincere response has yet been made by North Korea.

  Jimmy Carter

  War, Usa, Order

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1980). “Jimmy Carter”

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• The North Korean Communists are implacably pursuing their military buildup in defiance of the international trend toward rapprochement and of the stark reality of the Korean situation, as well as of the long-cherished aspiration of the 50 million Koreans. The North Koreans have already constructed a number of underground invasion tunnels across the Demilitarized Zone.

  Jimmy Carter

  Military, Reality, Usa

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1980). “Jimmy Carter”

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• North Korea is willing to go to any lengths for the whole world to honor its demands of 'Ooh, please pay attention to us.'

  Stephen Colbert

  Korea, Honor, Attention

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• You know Kim Jong Un, the evil dictator of North Korea? Apparently, a guy in his inner circle used his ashtray while smoking and Kim Jong Un had him executed. I remember the same thing happened when a guy used Martha Stewart's personal lemon zester.

  David Letterman

  Circles, Korea, Evil

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• This is a good deal for the United States, north Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. South Korea and our other allies will be better protected. The entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. The United States and international inspectors will carefully monitor North Korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. ...Only as it does, so will North Korea fully join the community of nations.

  William J. Clinton

  Commitment, Korea, Community

  "Gingrich: North Korea is a 'genuine threat' to the world", www.foxnews.com. August 8, 2017.

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• I would like to get out to the region in the Caspian sea. I would like to go there. I would like to get to Darfur. I would like to get to Khartoum in Northern Sudan. I would like to get to Zimbabwe. I would like to go back to North Korea, if I could. I would like to go to Yemen. I would like to get to Kashmir. Most of those destinations I will get to.

  Henry Rollins

  Zimbabwe, Korea, Sea

  Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

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