Afghanistan Quotes

“Sounds like I’m the man of your dreams…”

— Lisa Carlisle

The future is Afghanistan.

— Ashraf Ghani

“A son for a flag is a lot of sacrifice.”

— Tucker Elliot

“The look of a smug teacher is priceless.”

— Tucker Elliot

We can't stay in Afghanistan forever.

— James F. Amos

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

— Ross Kemp

“When in doubt - make'em laugh.”

— Raymond Jones

“War is politics for everyone but the warrior.”

— Tiffany Madison

“I am from Afghanistan. I do not want to be refugee in Turkey or Greece. I am alone. I am fifteen.”

— Nadia Hashimi

Sovereignty of Afghanistan must be accepted categorically by Pakistan so that we can move forward.

— Ashraf Ghani

You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.

— Lupe Fiasco

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

— Hamid Karzai

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

— Asne Seierstad

President Joe Biden's hasty, ill-planned withdrawal from Afghanistan fell well short.

— John E. James

I got married in 2009, and my husband and I both immediately deployed to Afghanistan.

— Amy McGrath

Most liberals I know were for invading Afghanistan right after 9/11.

— Michael Moore

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

As far as Afghanistan is concerned, I'm not sure whether the United States and Pakistan have the same objectives. Pakistan would like…

— Manmohan Singh

We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].

— Barack Obama

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

— R. Lee Ermey

I'm outraged that we're building roads, schools, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that we're doing it with borrowed money from…

— Gary Johnson

It's an amazing thing to hear they're finally giving out a Medal of Honor to a soldier from the wars of Iraq…

— Tim Hetherington

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

— Keith Henson

There [in Afghanistan ] is a tremendous need for selter. So I am focusing most of the efforts of the foundation to…

— Khaled Hosseini

But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the…

— Condoleezza Rice

We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility…

— Bob Graham

Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only…

— Aberjhani

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

I can walk into a gun store in my town and buy military-grade weapons. You'd be shocked by the amount of firepower…

— Jonathan Gottschall

I didn't vote for Bush, and I'm not happy particularly that he's president. But I will say I'm impressed that he didn't…

— William T. Vollmann

“I'm done doing this!' Obama said, finally erupting. 'We've all agreed on a plan. And we're all going to stick to that…

— Bob Woodward

“In fact, I couldn't help thinking that despite their height, adults were just plain unbelievably stupid: men were blowing up other men;…

— Andrea Busfield

Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a…

— Chris Alexander

Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most…

— Michael Hastings

In Afghanistan, there have been a lot of teachers assassinated, schools are being blown up, girls are harassed and in some cases,…

— Deborah Ellis

It is clear that several countries, in the Balkans for example, need to be considered countries of safe origin. But others like,…

— Paolo Gentiloni

“DPRK translates to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—and if the words Democratic and Republic sound like a good thing, well, it’s oxymoronic…

— Tucker Elliot

The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in…

— Bernie Sanders