Saudi arabia Quotes by Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia must return to fully supporting the Syrian revolution and to ally with the Turks.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I'm worried for a war to break out between Saudi Arabia and Iran, even though I rule it out.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia is the mother and father of political Islam.

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Saudi Arabia is defined and represented by its Islamic stature.

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I was a teenager in the 1970s and grew up in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I don't want anything to affect my freedom, and we don't want Saudi Arabia to be another Iran.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia has historically attempted to influence politics in Beirut.

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The international community should pressure Iran to get the Houthis to agree to some peaceful understanding in Yemen. But at the same…

— Jamal Khashoggi

When Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen erupted in March 2015, there was widespread Saudi popular support for it - including by me.

— Jamal Khashoggi

There is nothing remarkable about having media and foreign embassy contacts. When I lived in Saudi Arabia as a journalist, this was…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia needs friends. We are in a war in Yemen, in a confrontation with Iran, so we need friends like Canada,…

— Jamal Khashoggi

When I speak of the fear, intimidation, arrests, and public shaming of intellectuals and religious leaders who dare to speak their minds,…

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I expect that I will still wake up every morning and ponder the choice I have made to speak my mind about…

— Jamal Khashoggi

By facilitating a peace agreement and leading the reinvestment and reconstruction in Yemen, Saudi Arabia can turn around a failed state and…

— Jamal Khashoggi

The death of Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh shows that Saudi Arabia is paying for its betrayal of the Arab spring in…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Many other countries in the region also have money and oil, but they haven't done much good with it - at least…

— Jamal Khashoggi

That is what I want: I want a better Saudi Arabia. I don't see myself as an opposition. I'm not calling for…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Corruption in Saudi Arabia is quite different from corruption in most other countries, as it is not limited to a 'bribe' in…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia has been successful in preventing Houthi missiles from causing substantial damage. Yet, the inability of Saudi authorities in preventing Houthi…

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I often get attacked in Saudi Arabia, but the critics don't ridicule my ideas. There were about 30 or 40 articles attacking…

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In the event of war, probably Saudi Arabia will facilitate some certain logistics to make the operation easier for the United States,…

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I began to feel whatever narrow space I had in Saudi Arabia was getting narrower. I thought it would be better to…

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We are not a failed Arab republic, so we should not fear Arab Spring. We should embrace Arab Spring. That's what I…

— Jamal Khashoggi

I would like to see evolution in my country, not revolution. It is much better for us to work together with the…

— Jamal Khashoggi

I always found it ironic when a Saudi official bashes Islamists, given that Saudi Arabia is the mother of all political Islam…

— Jamal Khashoggi

There are many signs that the Egyptians are prioritising their relations with the Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, over their relations with…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Criticism of the Middle East should not be directed only at Saudi Arabia. Human rights abuses are happening throughout the Arab world.

— Jamal Khashoggi