Uzbekistan Quotes

• We're interested in it because it would provide a land bridge up to Uzbekistan, which provides us, among other things, a humanitarian pathway for us to move supplies out of Central Asia and down into Afghanistan.

  Tommy Franks

  Moving, Land, Bridges

  "Why Mazar-e Sharif matters" by Ben Wedeman, David Grange, www.cnn.com. November 10, 2001.

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• The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

  Jose Saramago

  Easter, Military, Asia

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• We live in a regime built on force and lies. In essence, it's the same here as in Uzbekistan, except the government here is better at presenting itself to the outside world.

  Isa Gambar

  Lying, Essence, Government

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• If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan

  Bill Delahunt

  Rights, Decision, Democracy

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• In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.

  Ed Markey

  Rights, President, Groups

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• We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

  Daniel Fried

  Government, Request, Discussion

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• Everyone drank to popular education and to the irrigation of Uzbekistan.

  Ilya Ilf

  Irrigation, Popular Education, Drank

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• Maybe love is thinking that every time your partner does or says something mundane that you want to start a Mexican wave from here to Uzbekistan in utter delight.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Love Is, Thinking, Mexican

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• What is common among all of these groups [Taliban, Islamic State etc.] is the intent to destroy. The majority of terrorists who come to Afghanistan are from China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or North Africa. They were expelled from their countries and pushed to ours - this is their battlefield - and all of them, be it the Taliban or others, are interlinked with the criminal economy.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Country, Islamic, Russia

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• This document will play an important role in protecting the strategic interests of Russia and Uzbekistan and ensuring stability and security in the region, which some politicians call Russia's soft underbelly. It's not a secret that after the Soviet collapse and especially in recent years, Central Asia has become the focus of interest of major nations because of its geographic location and rich mineral resources.

  Islom Karimov

  Russia, Years, Play

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• Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a market signal better than almost anyone. They roll the dice bigger and quicker than most.

  Jeremy Grantham

  Long, Dice, Problem

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• As for the eastern part of the former Soviet Union, the picture is rather uniform. Authoritarian structures prevail to differing extents. But we can still determine certain regularities, and the role of Russia is not to be underestimated. It is clear that we would have the same situation in Tajikistan and, let's say, Uzbekistan without the direct influence of Russia.

  Garry Kasparov

  Russia, Roles, Unions

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• Obviously, we will respond to the concerns of any member of Congress. The government of Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terrorism.

  Brian Whitman

  War, Government, Terrorism

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• Since Russia has the largest number of illegal immigrants, second only to the US, and immigrants from Central Asia bring in drugs, I'm calling for a visa requirement for all those wonderful people from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

  Alexei Navalny

  Russia, Numbers, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There was no child oncology in Uzbekistan and in Russia you don't have a chance because there are already so many on the waiting lists.

  Oksana Chusovitina

  Children, Russia, Waiting

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• The minister expressed appreciation for the offer, and our embassy in Uzbekistan will be following up in more detail with them

  Richard Boucher

  Appreciation, Details, Ministers

  "U.S. offers help with Uzbek terror" by Elise Labott, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2004.

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