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title: "10 Gulf States Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Gulf States quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Gulf States sayings and thoughts."
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> [I can't throw a nickel from the Capitol without hitting a think tank that's been financed by one of the Gulf States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-murphy/i-can-t-throw-a-nickel-from-the-capitol-without-hitting-a-think-tank/)

[Chris Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-murphy/)

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> [Russia has always been very careful to try to balance the interest of the Gulf states and Iran off against each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-hill/russia-has-always-been-very-careful-to-try-to-balance-the-interest-of/)

[Fiona Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-hill/)

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> [I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/i-think-we-have-to-pay-attention-to-the-arab-masses-not-just-in-the/)

[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/)

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> [The Gulf States are extraordinarily suspicious of Iran for good reason. They view Iran as meddling in their affairs. They have seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-gulf-states-are-extraordinarily-suspicious-of-iran-for-good/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [With oil prices plummeting in late 2015 and early 2016, Gulf states have taken the unusual step of issuing sovereign bonds to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-scaramucci/with-oil-prices-plummeting-in-late-2015-and-early-2016-gulf-states/)

[Anthony Scaramucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-scaramucci/)

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> [Everybody who deals with the Gulf States will confirm to you that, in terms of developments regarding human rights and workers' rights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-heinz-rummenigge/everybody-who-deals-with-the-gulf-states-will-confirm-to-you-that-in/)

[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-heinz-rummenigge/)

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> [The Gulf states are happy for us to fight and die. That's good for everybody, but the Americans fighting and dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-schiff/the-gulf-states-are-happy-for-us-to-fight-and-die-that-s-good-for/)

[Adam Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-schiff/)

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> [My party's supporters have seen how European political leaders are allowing asylum seekers and migrants to come to us and how they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geert-wilders/my-party-s-supporters-have-seen-how-european-political-leaders-are/)

[Geert Wilders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geert-wilders/)

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> [The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/the-patchwork-political-landscape-of-the-arab-world-the-client/)

[Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/tariq-ali-2958_colonialism_the-patchwork-political-landscape-of-the_2801294.png)

> [George W. Bush was good as his word. He visited the Gulf states 17 times; went 13 times to New Orleans. Laura…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-brazile/george-w-bush-was-good-as-his-word-he-visited-the-gulf-states-17/)

[Donna Brazile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-brazile/)

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