Israel Quotes · Page 167

The desired Islamic state might be likened to an orchard planted with olive and palm trees that will take a relatively long…

— Yusuf al-Qaradawi

A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

— John Mortimer

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

— Ahmed Chalabi

The creeping optimism that there might be a route to peace in Syria remains constrained by the elephant in the room -…

— Crispin Blunt

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.

— Kenneth Lonergan

Radical Islamic terrorists and those who fund it remain a credible threat to America and a clear and present danger to democracy.

— Ryan Zinke

The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past.

— Sushmita Banerjee

Israel's a small country but both the audience and programme-makers are very sophisticated.

— Gideon Raff

“Israel was born so Jews could finally cultivate their land with their own hands. But the most important thing to remember is…

— Shimon Peres

Anyone who supports terrorism, anyone who sees terrorism as a legitimate means, anyone who uses terrorism to cause the death of innocent…

— Milos Zeman

Israel has its attractions. It's the most dramatic country in the world. Everybody's engaged. Everybody argues. When I leave Israel, I get…

— Shimon Peres

“Almost everything about Afghanistan was troubling Mullen. As Obama was giving intense focus on the war, Mullen was feeling more personal responsibility.…

— Bob Woodward

I have appreciated the meetings that I've had with Jewish leaders, with rabbis, with elected officials, and the opportunity to build those…

— Zohran Mamdani

Stand still" - keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing…

— Charles Spurgeon

I was there on 9/11. I watched the towers falling from my office window, at which point I decided I would give…

— Naomi Alderman

The failure to establish a new Status of Forces Agreement in Iraq, and the election-driven timetable for withdrawal, surrendered our gains in…

— Donald Trump

Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for…

— Richard Branson

I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

If Islam is to be reconciled with modernity, these voices must be encouraged until they swell into a roar.

— Salman Rushdie

As long as I'm president of the United States Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I…

— Barack Obama

Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.

— John Bolton

The Iranian people, with regards to the policies of various American administrations in the past 30 years, are very worried. They don't…

— Hassan Rouhani

[Adolf] Hitler needed, he didn't want to kill Jews, he wanted to expel German Jews, and therefore it's not entirely corroborating your…

— Elie Wiesel

Unfortunately, there's been a lot of very divisive, dark things said about Muslims.

— Hillary Clinton

So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on…

— John Olver

The day of reckoning is not just coming for Saddam Hussein. It's coming for the anti-war movement.

— Andrew Sullivan

[Adolf Hitler] had a very definite charm which enthralled most people who got to know him.

— Gretl Braun

“All this was part of the larger issue of whether Islam was indeed misogynistic”

— Farzana Hassan

Terrorism tramples upon any rights and freedoms and generates fear and hatred; it is an obstacle to efforts at improving our world.

— Dmitry Medvedev

Arab states continue to send the Palestinians gifts of extravagant rhetoric and countless Arab League resolutions - but not much cash.

— Elliott Abrams

I am not opposed to government efforts to stop terrorist plots. We are still seared by the memory of 9/11, and we…

— Bob Beckel

The Iranian people are getting restive because of the challenges that sanctions have posed to their economy.

— Barack Obama

The fact that I am not Jewish by religion does not prevent me from connecting to the Jewish nation's spirituality.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill…

— Richard Engel

He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.

— Sandy Berger

As the insurgency in Iraq started to grow, we realized this is a connected network of individual actors that can move at…

— Chris Fussell

I love what I live, and I live Islam, so I applied it to everything I do. I applied it to my…

— Rakim

Even if we somehow destroyed all of Iran's nuclear capability, they will simply rebuild it, in locations that are harder to find…

— John Mearsheimer

At NYU, I went by Chloe Rose, which is so embarrassing. And then I reclaimed my Judaism.

— Chloe Fineman

Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

— Yitzhak Rabin