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title: "Great Iran Wisdom"
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> [ \[Donald\] Trump has said that he would do away with the Iran Deal negotiated by the U.S. and five of its allies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-krieger/donald-trump-has-said-that-he-would-do-away-with-the-iran-deal/)

[David Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-krieger/)

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> [Russia is very important, Iran is very important, Hezbollah is very important. All of them are important. Each one made important achievements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/russia-is-very-important-iran-is-very-important-hezbollah-is-very/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [ In 2009, US President \[Barack\] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/in-2009-us-president-barack-obama-said-that-the-missile-defense-only/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [Lower oil prices won't, by themselves, topple the mullahs in Iran. But it's significant that, historically, when oil prices have been low,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/lower-oil-prices-won-t-by-themselves-topple-the-mullahs-in-iran-but/)

[James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/)

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> [There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/there-has-come-into-being-a-kind-of-a-shia-belt-from-tehran-through/)

[Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/)

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> [On my radio show Chris Christie came to the defense of Ted Cruz, noting that - I guess at a rally, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/on-my-radio-show-chris-christie-came-to-the-defense-of-ted-cruz/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lewis/the-cold-war-philosophy-of-mutual-assured-destruction-mad-which/)

[Bernard Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-lewis/)

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> [I feel pretty safe in saying that most Americans can't tell you off the top of their head who the Kurds are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyl-attkisson/i-feel-pretty-safe-in-saying-that-most-americans-can-t-tell-you-off/)

[Sharyl Attkisson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyl-attkisson/)

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> [The Middle East is now filled with death and destruction and that was the aim of Neo-Conservatives who planned this destruction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-farrakhan/the-middle-east-is-now-filled-with-death-and-destruction-and-that-was/)

[Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-farrakhan/)

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> [It is imperative that the United States lead in preventing Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. That requires vigorously enforcing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-schneider/it-is-imperative-that-the-united-states-lead-in-preventing-iran-from/)

[Brad Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-schneider/)

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> [I think as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UN, it's a good moment to rekindle our efforts to make multilateralism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kerry/i-think-as-we-celebrate-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-un-it-s-a-good/)

[John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kerry/)

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> [There are four seasons in Iran, so you can go winter skiing, you can go in summer to the beach... it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gegard-mousasi/there-are-four-seasons-in-iran-so-you-can-go-winter-skiing-you-can-go/)

[Gegard Mousasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gegard-mousasi/)

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> [Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and a notorious human rights abuser, exploited President Biden's weaknesses in order to endanger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-husted/iran-the-world-s-leading-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-and-a-notorious/)

[Jon Husted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-husted/)

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> [Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/wasn-t-saddam-destroyed-wasn-t-gaddafi-liquidated-didn-t-milosevic-go/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [I do believe that the very tense relationship between the United States and Iran presents a challenge to the United States. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trita-parsi/i-do-believe-that-the-very-tense-relationship-between-the-united/)

[Trita Parsi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trita-parsi/)

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> [Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaroslav-trofimov/even-if-you-look-at-iran-those-campaigners-for-human-rights-there/)

[Yaroslav Trofimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaroslav-trofimov/)

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> [The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirin-ebadi/the-most-important-problem-in-iran-is-that-the-courts-have-lost-their/)

[Shirin Ebadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirin-ebadi/)

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> [Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hooman-majd/nima-shirazi-s-is-an-important-progressive-voice-in-the-iran-debate/)

[Hooman Majd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hooman-majd/)

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> [Iran is hard to understand. Although it is ruled in an authoritarian manner, it's not a state in which everything is controlled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shahin-najafi/iran-is-hard-to-understand-although-it-is-ruled-in-an-authoritarian/)

[Shahin Najafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shahin-najafi/)

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> [For years, Israeli and American intelligence agencies assumed that if Iran were to gain the ability to build a bomb, it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronen-bergman/for-years-israeli-and-american-intelligence-agencies-assumed-that-if/)

[Ronen Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronen-bergman/)

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> [There are a lot of other terrorist targets we ought to be focusing on. Well, there is Syria, for example, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-eagleburger/there-are-a-lot-of-other-terrorist-targets-we-ought-to-be-focusing-on/)

[Lawrence Eagleburger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-eagleburger/)

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> [The United States must ensure that Iran does not attain nuclear weapons, as this poses a direct threat to our interests, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sestak/the-united-states-must-ensure-that-iran-does-not-attain-nuclear/)

[Joe Sestak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sestak/)

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> [The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-iranian-regime-supports-violent-extremists-and-challenges-us-2/)

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

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> [“Whether for good or for bad, the Iran that ultimately rises out of the ashes of last summer's uprising will be unlike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/whether-for-good-or-for-bad-the-iran-that-ultimately-rises-out-of-the/)

[Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/)

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> [If you think the Obama White House and Ben Rhodes lying to the American people about Iran - and laughing about it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-lapierre/if-you-think-the-obama-white-house-and-ben-rhodes-lying-to-the/)

[Wayne LaPierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-lapierre/)

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> [Before there was the Soviet Union that could inflame matters. Now you have states not as powerful as the Soviet Union, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/before-there-was-the-soviet-union-that-could-inflame-matters-now-you/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [I think wherever we can cooperate with Russia, that's fine. And I did as secretary of state. That's how we got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-think-wherever-we-can-cooperate-with-russia-that-s-fine-and-i-did/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [You will see us going forward talking about those things to bring Iran in compliance: not just of the deal, but of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-haley/you-will-see-us-going-forward-talking-about-those-things-to-bring/)

[Nikki Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-haley/)

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> [When I came into office, the world was divided. Iran was resurgent. Iran is at its weakest point, economically, strategically, militarily, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-i-came-into-office-the-world-was-divided-iran-was-resurgent-iran/)

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

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> [ \[Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia\] are here because they could offer very essential and important help, because the situation that we are facing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/hezbollah-iran-and-russia-are-here-because-they-could-offer-very/)

[Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/)

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> [President Obama hosted lawmakers Thursday saying he wanted bipartisan input on health care reform. Nobody's mind was changed. At the summit's end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/argus-hamilton/president-obama-hosted-lawmakers-thursday-saying-he-wanted-bipartisan/)

[Argus Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/argus-hamilton/)

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> [ Iran's Supreme Court has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons. President \[Hassan\] Rouhani has indicated Iran will never develop… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/iran-s-supreme-court-has-issued-a-fatwa-against-the-development-of/)

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

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> [It has to do with the incredibly dangerous place that this world is gonna be as a result of a deal in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-huckabee/it-has-to-do-with-the-incredibly-dangerous-place-that-this-world-is/)

[Mike Huckabee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-huckabee/)

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> [When you look at belief in such things - as do you go to heaven, is there a devil - we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/when-you-look-at-belief-in-such-things-as-do-you-go-to-heaven-is/)

[Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/)

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> [We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-would-very-much-like-to-see-iran-take-a-position-as-a-responsible/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels. Either governments do it our way, through nice clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ferguson/there-is-a-single-theme-behind-all-our-work-we-must-reduce-population-2/)

[Thomas Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ferguson/)

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> [Netanyahu made all sorts of claims. This was going to be a terrible deal. This was going to result in Iran getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/netanyahu-made-all-sorts-of-claims-this-was-going-to-be-a-terrible/)

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

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> [Among other things, Netanyahu is a master of timing. His emphasis on irrationality coincides with the annual burst of anti-Israel, anti-U.S. malevolence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-macdonald/among-other-things-netanyahu-is-a-master-of-timing-his-emphasis-on/)

[Neil Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-macdonald/)

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> [Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsen-makhmalbaf/five-years-ago-samira-did-not-want-to-continue-in-the-regular-school/)

[Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsen-makhmalbaf/)

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> [ I can say this: They \[Iran\] have total disregard for our country. They are the number one terrorist state, they are sending… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-can-say-this-they-iran-have-total-disregard-for-our-country-they/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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