Korea Quotes · Page 6

“In the West, I guess you’d call it corruption. In North Korea, it was just standard operating procedure.”

— Masaji Ishikawa

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

— Cathy Freeman

We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people.

— Evan Bayh

Kim Jong-un and the regime don't just oppress - they play with human lives.

— Park Yeon-mi

We want to have diplomatic engagement with the North Koreans.

— Morgan Ortagus

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

— Joichi Ito

In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.

— Harry S. Truman

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

— Bill Gates

I love entertaining Korean people with traditional songs from Ecuador . It has been an exceptional, new experience for me to perform…

— Jose Gonzalez

North Korea has the same ability to launch a nuclear strike against America as I do. It's like walking through a parking…

— Bill Maher

North Korea is now threatening the United States with all-out war. You can see they're stepping it up. In fact, they released…

— Jay Leno

I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out…

— Thomas E. Donilon

When I am in Korea, I can't walk down the streets. But I don't want to be famous or popular; I just…

— Park Ji-sung

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation…

— Anonymous

If the US were to attack North Korea, they'd certainly destroy North Korea, but South Korea would be pretty well wiped out…

— Noam Chomsky

North Korea is not an exception. Even there, where you think it would be completely sober, they have the myth of their…

— Werner Herzog

I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the…

— Deborah Smith

When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for…

— Joe Murray

This attack has made it clear, beyond all doubt, that the international Communist movement is willing to use armed invasion to conquer…

— Harry S. Truman

Regarding the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, we reaffirm that we are staunchly committed to realizing the denuclearization of the peninsula and upholding…

— Xi Jinping

I couldn't roam wildly and speak secretly with villagers [in North Korea]. No way you could do that. And honestly, I didn't…

— Werner Herzog

We would welcome that, but it's going to require a commitment on the part of the North Koreans to denuclearizing the Korean…

— Josh Earnest

We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, someway or another, and…

— Curtis LeMay

Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest…

— Lee Myung-bak

“Playing pool with Korean officials one evening in the Koryo Hotel, which has become the nightspot for foreign businessmen and an increasing…

— Christopher Hitchens

“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I…

— Anonymous

“It was inevitable that the United States should take the position that the North Korean Communist State must now be destroyed for…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

“On the second night here, the Koreans played and the streets had to be closed down to traffic for half a day…

— Tom Humphries

“The North Korean capital, Pyongyang, is a city consecrated to the worship of a father-son dynasty. (I came to think of them,…

— Christopher Hitchens

Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line,…

— Mary Travers

“Ahead in the distance we could see the main gate, but there was a sea of cars, none moving, people standing, milling…

— Tucker Elliot

“Not only did I believe that humans were selfish and base, I also knew that plenty of them were actually bad –…

— Hyeonseo Lee

When I was young, I thought Kim il-Sung or Kim Jong-il is hero.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make,

— Larry Flynt

How can we pressure China on North Korea if China's one of the two largest holders of American debt?

— Richard N. Haass

If a North Korean ballistic missile can reach Alaska, it can reach Vladivostok.

— Condoleezza Rice

In North Korea, we learnt all Americans are the enemy; they are not human.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

Leaving North Korea is not like leaving any other country. It is more like leaving another universe.

— Lee Hyeon-seo

“The USA is turning into South Korea, as many people now wear COVID-19 face masks in public.”

— Steven Magee

We're a country that owes $20 trillion. They [Japan, Germany, South Korea, Saudi Arabia] have to help us out.

— Donald Trump