We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“We will be told of "mindless terrorism" the "mindless" bit being essential if we are not to realise how hated America has… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea.… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Middle East is a land of great injustice. The Israelis can claim - or wish to, at least - that Lord… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The violence stems from injustice, because people feel they have been treated unfairly in the Middle East, whether that means military occupation,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I've lived in the Middle East for twenty-five years. I know exactly how these issues come up. Even my landlord, who is… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“When I was in Berlin then, Nazism did not have the reputation it has now. Nazism? In every system in the world,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
These terrible terrorism acts occur because of political situations and injustice in various parts of the world. The Middle East is heavy… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence—… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I don't like the definition 'war correspondent'. It is history, not journalism, that has condemned the Middle East to war. I think… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book 'Great War of Civilization,'… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, Osama bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
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 badly, either… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
How could believers, people who regard themselves as true Muslims, get on those planes, quoting the words of God delivered through the Prophet to… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought:… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence— our violence—which… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then never produced… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
