Israel Quotes · Page 195

I have a lot of respect for aspects of Islam, but I would not choose to live in a theocratically organised Muslim…

— John Rhys-Davies

To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

— Robert Shapiro

I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.

— Richard Ford

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

— Shimon Peres

We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call…

— Bashar al-Assad

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

— Tony Blair

While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines...

— Benjamin Netanyahu

In 1947 and '48, everybody in then-Palestine belonged to some group. I chose the group that was the forerunner of the Israel…

— Ruth Westheimer

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not…

— Azar Nafisi

So long as Muslims continue looking towards Western civilization as the only force that could regenerate their own stagnant society, they destroy…

— Muhammad Asad

We have a Muslim population which is better off economically, better engaged, and less drawn to the fight in ISIS. But as…

— Michael Leiter

We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim…

— Felix Dzerzhinsky

Western intellectual Islamologists have totally failed in their duties as intellectuals. They have betrayed their calling by abandoning their critical faculties when…

— Wafa Sultan

“The Palestinians were deliberately forced into refugee camps by their fellow Muslims and not permitted to integrate in any way into the…

— Hal Lindsey

Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so…

— Bill Murray

The dogmatic and, therefore, invulnerable core in Islam is understandably simple: acknowledgement of faith, prayer, charity and fasting. Almost everything else is…

— Tariq Ramadan

I was such a Jewish princess. My whole life was leading up to marrying a rich man and living on 48th Street.

— Lee Grant

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create…

— Tzipi Livni

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.

— Brent Scowcroft

We ended the war in Iraq, refocused ourselves on who actually attacked us on 9-11.

— Barack Obama

I think Israel suffered a certain trauma from a unilateral step of pulling out of Gaza.

— Isaac Herzog

Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it.

— Thomas Friedman

Today, there are those who hallucinate that a democratic and Jewish state is only democratic for the Jews.

— Reuven Rivlin

It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to…

— George W. Bush

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that…

— Janeane Garofalo

This is a problem that Islam has. I called upon Muslim leaders to call out and denounce these murders, these terrorists. Decrying…

— Donald Trump

The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that…

— Robert Duvall

Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.

— Hamza Yusuf

The Palestinian state is within our grasp. Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of…

— Yasser Arafat

Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.

— George Mikes

Every time somebody says 'Islamophobia' it gives the people who are intimidating cover.

— Bill Maher

I haven't seen it. I don't really need Michael Moore to tell me about September 11th.

— Rudy Giuliani

Our priority in Syria, really hasn't changed. I think the President Donald Trump has been quite clear. First and foremost, we must…

— Rex W. Tillerson

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.

— Jan Schakowsky

Hezbollah is not a state. They're a, you know, supposed political party that happens to be armed.

— George W. Bush

There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day.

— Hamza Yusuf

Israel necessarily has a thinner margin of security than the United States, given differences in size, geography and military capabilities.

— Haim Saban

When I'll... form a government, I don't intend to cooperate with those who go against the State of Israel.

— Benny Gantz

Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that's about international terrorism. No,…

— Chris Matthews

As an investigative filmmaker, I helped expose atrocities committed by ISIS against women and girls. They are evil, and we have to…

— Jon Ossoff