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# Robert Fisk

(1946–2020)   Journalist   United Kingdom

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Robert Fisk was a journalist from the United Kingdom, best known for *The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East*.

## Quick Facts About Robert Fisk

Born July 12, 1946

Died October 30, 2020

Nationality United Kingdom

Profession Journalist

Notable works The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

Spouse Nelofer Pazira

## About Robert Fisk

Robert William Fisk was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians.

## Awards & Honors

Honorary doctors of Ghent University honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews Premi Godó de Periodisme honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin honorary doctor of the University of Kent honorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut honorary doctor of Queen's University Belfast Orwell Prize

Show 9 more awards Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism Amnesty International UK Media Award Foreign Reporter of the Year Jacob's Award honorary doctorate James Cameron Memorial Trust Award Carey McWilliams Award Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize honorary doctorate of Lancaster University

##  Quotes by Robert Fisk · Page 2

> [Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama’s empire is called a terrorist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/everyone-outside-the-roman-empire-was-called-a-barbarian-everyone/)

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[Barbarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barbarian/)

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> [And it's true, you hear things in Damascus and, after a few hours, the human double-take stops operating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/and-it-s-true-you-hear-things-in-damascus-and-after-a-few-hours-the/)

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> [Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/refuse-to-accept-the-narrative-of-history-laid-down-by-presidents/)

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> [It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/it-s-a-journalist-s-job-to-be-a-witness-to-history-we-re-not-there-to/)

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[A perfect world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/a-perfect-world/)

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> [At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/at-the-end-of-the-day-bin-laden-s-interest-is-not-washington-and-new/)

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[Arabia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arabia/)

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> [A businessman admits that he 'let go' an employee because he was a Sunni Muslim. You simply have to look after yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/a-businessman-admits-that-he-let-go-an-employee-because-he-was-a/)

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> [When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/when-i-saw-the-pictures-of-new-york-without-the-world-trade-center/)

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> [War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/war-is-primarily-not-about-victory-or-defeat-but-about-death-and-the/)

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> [And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/and-i-think-in-the-end-that-is-the-best-definition-of-journalism-i/)

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> [Bin Laden was very keen to point out to me that his forces had fought the Americans in Somalia. He also wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/bin-laden-was-very-keen-to-point-out-to-me-that-his-forces-had-fought/)

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[Bin laden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bin-laden/)

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> [In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/in-palestine-the-israelis-claim-they-found-a-land-without-people-a/)

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> [The sheer violence of it, the howl of air raid sirens and the air-cutting fall of the missiles carried its own political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-sheer-violence-of-it-the-howl-of-air-raid-sirens-and-the-air/)

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> [We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book 'Great War of Civilization,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/we-are-constantly-trying-to-cope-with-what-our-fathers-or-our/)

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> [I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-m-not-sure-whether-i-ve-been-happy-after-my-last-book-tour-i-sat-on/)

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> [Individuals in various countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia listen to the tapes of bin Laden. They gather in groups of four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/individuals-in-various-countries-like-egypt-and-saudi-arabia-listen/)

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> [Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/whatever-the-political-injustices-are-that-created-an-environment/)

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> [Why is it that we go to immense lengths getting the Serbs who were responsible for the massacre of 7,000 at Srbrenica-that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/why-is-it-that-we-go-to-immense-lengths-getting-the-serbs-who-were/)

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> [If it is bin Laden, he's a very intelligent guy. He's been planning his war for a long time. I remember the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/if-it-is-bin-laden-he-s-a-very-intelligent-guy-he-s-been-planning-his/)

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[Afghanistan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghanistan/)

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> [Whether Osama bin Laden is doing it cynically and has no interest in these matters, or whether he's doing it out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/whether-osama-bin-laden-is-doing-it-cynically-and-has-no-interest-in/)

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> [“Soldier and civilian, they died in their tens of thousands because death had been concocted for them, morality hitched like a halter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/soldier-and-civilian-they-died-in-their-tens-of-thousands-because/)

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> [President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/president-bush-will-come-here-and-there-will-be-new-friends-of/)

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> [American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/american-power-in-the-middle-east-is-collapsing-it-doesn-t-need-much/)

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> [William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/william-dalrymple-called-me-a-war-junkie-in-his-silly-book-no-i-don-t/)

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> [And history s fingers never relax their grip, never leave us unmolested, can touch us even when we would never imagine their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/and-history-s-fingers-never-relax-their-grip-never-leave-us/)

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> [The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-second-world-war-is-and-was-constantly-being-drudged-up-by-blair/)

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> [Fundamentalism is not bred in poverty. There are plenty of poor countries in the world that don't have violence because amid the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/fundamentalism-is-not-bred-in-poverty-there-are-plenty-of-poor/)

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> [Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/bin-laden-was-constantly-revolving-in-his-mind-the-fact-that-he-had/)

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> [It's very easy to start a war but the muftah, as the Arabs say, the key to switch off a war, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/it-s-very-easy-to-start-a-war-but-the-muftah-as-the-arabs-say-the-key/)

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> [At Baalbek Nuts I bought pistachios from the Lebanese owners, who answered my request for their thoughts on the war with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/at-baalbek-nuts-i-bought-pistachios-from-the-lebanese-owners-who/)

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> [One of the reasons why I think people have gone from reading mainstream newspapers to the Internet is because they realize they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-think-people-have-gone-from-reading/)

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> [Some of the guys in the Northern Alliance are war criminals. One of the Northern Alliance commanders ran a slave girl network…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/some-of-the-guys-in-the-northern-alliance-are-war-criminals-one-of/)

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> [I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence of Osama bin Laden fault and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-was-very-struck-by-the-fact-that-colin-powell-said-he-would-produce/)

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> [I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence and then never produced it. Then Tony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-was-very-struck-by-the-fact-that-colin-powell-said-he-would-produce-2/)

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> [Osama bin Laden is very shrewd. But he struck me, even in 1997, as being remarkably out of touch. I remember thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/osama-bin-laden-is-very-shrewd-but-he-struck-me-even-in-1997-as-being/)

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> [At the end of the day, Osama bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/at-the-end-of-the-day-osama-bin-laden-s-interest-is-not-washington/)

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> [“The cedars 'know the history of the earth better than history itself.' If this was so, it was little wonder that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-cedars-know-the-history-of-the-earth-better-than-history-itself/)

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> [The bin Laden I met each time was in a simple Saudi white robe, with a simple, cheap kafiya and very cheap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-bin-laden-i-met-each-time-was-in-a-simple-saudi-white-robe-with-a/)

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> [The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-americans-may-think-they-have-liberated-baghdad-but-the-tens-of/)

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> [The Middle East is a land of great injustice. The Israelis can claim - or wish to, at least - that Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-middle-east-is-a-land-of-great-injustice-the-israelis-can-claim/)

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> [We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/we-live-in-a-society-in-the-west-where-when-men-do-violent-things-2/)

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## Robert Fisk by topic

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