“The medieval Islamic world . . . offered vastly more freedom than any of its predecessors, its contemporaries and most of its… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
in the traditional family structure of Persia ... one simply cannot discard close relatives just because one does not like them; rather… — Shusha Guppy Copy Share Image
My idea for peace in the Middle East is to go back to the 1966 line, but to build even more houses… — Frank Carson Copy Share Image
Being from the Middle East paired with my upbringing in the United States had pretty polarising effects on the way I perceive… — Huda Kattan Copy Share Image
I could see America playing a slightly smaller role in the Middle East but I would not see us abandoning the region… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The incubator for terrorism, after the Middle East, is Europe, partly because of proximity, partly because of the existence of large Muslim… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
I hope we are able to shift debate over to the Middle East and change this debate to how we help the… — Steve King Copy Share Image
Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
We have a special relationship with Israel. It's absolutely crucial that no one in our country or around the world ever doubt… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We will not commit suicide because of pressure from the international community. A Palestinian state is not possible at the moment. I… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
Blaming the imperialists nowadays is obviously absurd, as is blaming the Americans, who obviously don't have the slightest desire to control anything… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, Osama bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
There's kind of a hidden point which isn't being brought out, and that is that it is inconceivable that the U.S. would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“For Mum a dinner invitation can solve any of the world’s wrongs and make them right. I mean, obviously if someone had… — Elle Field Copy Share Image
I don't want to be treated outside the rule of law. And I don't want people from this part of the world,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
“There's an old, frequently-used definition of insanity, which is "performing the same action over and over, expecting different results."... Now, I'm no… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“I don't fancy bringing the Americans into this at all… They are inclined to take things over these days, and I have… — James Aldridge Copy Share Image
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence—… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“If scientific discoveries and technological developments split humankind into a mass of useless humans and a small elite of upgraded superhumans, or… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“❝Washington — perhaps as many global powers have done in the past — uses what I might call the “immaculate conception” theory… — Graham E. Fuller Copy Share Image
“Now I wish I had pushed back hard on his question. I should have said, “You know, Matt, I was the one… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“By the time of the arrival of Islam in the early seventeenth century CE, what we now call the Middle East was… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
“It just means that for liberal democracy to develop in the Muslim Middle East, it will take much more than merely removing… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
Iran has always had a good relationship with Europe. The Middle East is Europe's neighbor, and we are a strong player in… — Mir-Hossein Mousavi Copy Share Image
I started off at a local newspaper called 'The Middle East Times,' which is no longer in existence. I remember one of… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
The way forward in the Middle East, as it has been around the world and throughout history, is communication. There must be… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts… — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, oh, we're going to spread… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
“If the price I have to pay to see Jewish children playing without an armed escort are freeways across the desert and… — Ray Stone Copy Share Image
“Sarah made Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away and thus created the problems in the Middle East. Yes, Lord, she would have… — Genevieve D. Woods Copy Share Image
I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I meet a lot of people when I do stand-up in the Middle East, and I don't know any terrorists, yet on… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
There isn't a doubt that Iran constitutes the single most important single-country strategic challenge to the United States and to the kind… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
What is the one country in the Middle East that has not been attacked by ISIS? One. That is Iran. That is… — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
I don't believe we have ever had a Black leader that was so widely accepted among the masses of people, as well… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
People make mistakes. And one of the mistakes that the United States consistently made was that it could intervene and somehow adjust… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
