Regime Change Quotes

• Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.

  Robert Mugabe

  Country, Taken, World

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

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• Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Mistake, Mean

  "Obama Libya Speech Strongly Defends Intervention" by Ben Feller, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2011.

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• What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States.

  John F. Kerry

  Change, Iraq, United States

  "Kerry's 'Regime Change' Comments Draw Fire". www.foxnews.com. April 3, 2003.

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• There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who are inclined toward change.

  Colin Powell

  Government, People, Suggestions

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Regime change is not within that purview. And that has been an all-out disaster.

  Jill Stein

  Disaster, Regimes, Has Beens

  Source: www.justicenewsnetwork.com

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• When they say [Donald Trump] is not "presidential": I asked myself what does it mean to be "presidential"? You wear a suit; you talk to the American people like you possess the character and the dignity of one who seeks the highest office in the land, and behind the door you're the worst criminal on the planet, plotting the overthrow of nations and governments, and regime change, and sending drones to kill people you don't like? That's presidential.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Character, Mean, Government

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". www.finalcall.com. July 5, 2016.

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• The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

  Richard N. Haass

  Hands, Upper Hand, Pushing

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• It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the NGOs to re-write laws and the constitution in places like Ukraine. It is none of our business.

  Ron Paul

  Writing, Ukraine, Law

  "US 'Democracy Promotion' Destroys Democracy Overseas". ronpaulinstitute.org. March 23, 2014.

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• The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.

  John Major

  War, Men, Regimes

  "John Major dismisses Blair's Iraq war reasoning" by David Batty, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2010.

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• Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq.

  Kenneth Adelman

  Iraq, Storm, Benefits

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• The Democrats thought that Hillary Clinton is too aggressive and too much into regime change.

  Juan Williams

  Too Much, Clinton, Regimes

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure that he is cooperating or he [Saddam Hussein] is acting in a way that could give us comfort, or should give the international community comfort, that he is giving up his weapons of mass destruction. He continues to give us statements that suggest he is not in possession of weapons of mass destruction when we know he is.

  Colin Powell

  Giving Up, Mass Destruction, Community

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Out of regime change you get chaos. From the chaos you have seen repeatedly the rise of radical Islam. So we get this profession of, oh, my goodness, they want to do something about terrorism and yet they're the problem because they allow terrorism to arise out of that chaos.

  Rand Paul

  Islam, Want, Chaos

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• I think it's a huge mistake. I think regime change in Syria, and this is what - I've been saying this for several years now. In 2013 when we first went in, I said, you are going to give arms to the allies of al Qaida, to radical jihadists? That's crazy.

  Rand Paul

  Crazy, Mistake, Thinking

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

  John Bolton

  Iran, Nuclear, Weapons

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• With Albright at the helm of the State Department, Osama bin Laden ran wild throughout the Middle East, the North Koreans began feverishly building nukes under her nose, and we staged a pre-emptive attack solely for purposes of regime change based on false information presented to the American people by Albright about a world leader who was not an imminent threat to the United States. Slobodan Milosevic wasn't even a latent, long-term, hypothetical threat.

  Ann Coulter

  Long, People, Leader

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• Boris Nemtsov and I began to argue after Putin's return to the presidency in 2012. In my opinion, there was no longer a realistic chance to achieve regime change through peaceful political means, or real elections. Boris, on the other hand, never lost this hope. He felt that my assessment was premature and said: "You have to live a long time to see changes in Russia." He was deprived of that opportunity.

  Garry Kasparov

  Real, Mean, Opportunity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Whether or not regime change is a good idea or a bad idea. I don't think because I think the regime change was a bad idea it means that Hussein was necessarily a good idea.

  Rand Paul

  Mean, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• We had people coming to our Foreign Relations Committee and saying, "Oh, we need to arm the allies of Al Qaida." They are still saying this. It is a crazy notion. This is the biggest debate we should be having is is regime change a good idea; has it been a good idea.

  Rand Paul

  Crazy, Ideas, People

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.

  Jesse Jackson

  Country, Iraq, Needs

  "Shades Of The Sixties" by Brian Dakss, www.cbsnews.com. October 26, 2002.

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• How will the bombing of Baghdad, a city of five million, accomplish a regime change?

  Susan Sarandon

  Cities, Baghdad, Regimes

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• Under the current U.S. policy, because of this power struggle, American oil companies can't do business with Iran. So I think the ultimate goal of the U.S. administration in Iran is regime change, to put into power a pro-Western government that will eliminate the strategic challenge to U.S. interests and, at the same time, allow the lifting of sanctions and allowing American oil companies to do business with Iran.

  Michael Klare

  Struggle, Thinking, Government

  "The Permanent Energy Crisis". Interview with Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. June 19, 2006.

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• Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Successful, Iraq, Looks

  ""Poverty Is a Greater Concern for Most than a Democratic Constitution"". Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 29, 2005.

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• We must abandon the failed policy of nation-building and regime change that Hillary Clinton pushed in Iraq, in Libya, in Egypt and in Syria. Instead, we must work with all of our allies who share our goal of destroying ISIS and stamping out Islamic terrorism and doing it now, doing it quickly.

  Donald Trump

  Islamic, Egypt, Isis

  "Donald Trump Acceptance Speech Full Transcript" by Rajiv Poddar, scribie.com. July 23, 2016.

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• I'm fighting for real change, not just partisan change where everybody else gets rich but you. I'm fighting all of us across the country are fighting for peaceful regime change in our own country. The media donor political complex that's bled this country dry has to be replaced with a new government of, by, and for the people.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Real, Fighting

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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