Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
The Middle East has been a part of my life since I was a young man, when I went to teach in… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Tweeting first and asking questions later is not a good way to make policy - especially in the Middle East. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
“There is a world of difference between a leadership that is based on love and respect, and one that is based on… — Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Copy Share Image
We need a new kind of offensive in the Middle East. It's called a peace offensive. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
The Iranian regime, in my mind, is the single most enduring threat to stability and peace in the Middle East. — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Many analysts compare Turkey with countries in the Middle East, but I think we need to compare it with Russia. Both countries… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Afghanistan's geographical location gives it the opportunity to become one of the biggest transit routes in the region. It can connect Southern,… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
A comprehensive Syria strategy, ideally one that's more than 280 characters, remains a key requirement to protect U.S. interests in the Middle… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
I have said many times that I wish there was no oil in the Middle East, and more water. People would have… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Istanbul and the western and southern seaboards are very Europeanized. But then you have the Kurdish areas, in the southeast. That's Turkey's… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I met many Christians leaving the Middle East, hoping to come to Australia feeling they would leave behind a society where they… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Even if America tomorrow - and it won't happen overnight - but if we did reduce our demand for gas and natural… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The United States does not have a very good record in the Middle East. I think they have the best of intentions… — Moshe Arens Copy Share Image
“What if the Cairo Conference of 1921 went ahead as planned, with Churchill and T.E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell dividing up the… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“Instead of further mucking around in the Middle East, Brzezinski is seeking to marshal all remaining US-UK resources for a final onslaught… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A student of Syrian affairs soon becomes used to paradox. A comparatively small country, narrowly chauvinistic and jealous of its national sovereignty,… — David Roberts Copy Share Image
“This partial script was composed of ten signs, representing the numbers from 0 to 9. Confusingly, these signs are known as Arabic… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Just before Thanksgiving, I met with Bunker Hunt, then the richest man in the world, at the Petroleum Club in Dallas. Bud… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
In the States, you have the First Amendment. People feel the freedom to speak and the right to be heard. And they… — Mohammed Saeed Harib Copy Share Image
“now I want something better than vengeance, and something almost as hard to get.” He told it to the young woman in… — Ira Levin Copy Share Image
We have done a tremendous disservice, not only to Middle East, we've done a tremendous disservice to humanity. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I graduated with a foreign affairs/Middle East studies degree with a minor in Arabic from UVA in 2002. — Margaret Brennan Copy Share Image
Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Americans view the democratization of the Middle East as the route to peace. — Gilles Kepel Copy Share Image
Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. And it's a relationship we should be strengthening, not weakening. — Lee Zeldin Copy Share Image
There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Middle East, and I worry that AI increases the socioeconomic divide as opposed to closing the gap. — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. — Kenny Marchant Copy Share Image
![“If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for a freer society and where people are repressed by a small group of ayatollahs. I see Syria, where we can see a similar desire of the people to be free. These two countries fund…” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/615/donald-rumsfeld-1507_afghanistan_if-i-look-at-the-really-important-questi_1108462.jpg)
