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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 &amp; 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 3

> [“No militia or political leader is so powerful - his name never so influential - as when he is dead, enshrined on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/no-militia-or-political-leader-is-so-powerful-his-name-never-so/)

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> [“When I was in Berlin then, Nazism did not have the reputation it has now. Nazism? In every system in the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/when-i-was-in-berlin-then-nazism-did-not-have-the-reputation-it-has/)

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> [President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/president-bush-cruelly-manipulated-the-grief-of-the-american-people/)

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> [Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie f. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/obama-who-is-becoming-more-and-more-preacher-like-wants-to-be-the/)

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> [After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/after-the-allied-victory-of-1918-at-the-end-of-my-father-s-war-the/)

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> [Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/bin-laden-always-wanted-to-get-rid-of-mubarek-and-ben-ali-and-gaddafi/)

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> [The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-dead-cannot-speak-but-hitherto-unknown-information-has-emerged/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/wasn-t-saddam-destroyed-wasn-t-gaddafi-liquidated-didn-t-milosevic-go/)

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> [Even my landlord, who is a moderate Lebanese guy, says, "But bin Laden says what we think." These people believe that bin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/even-my-landlord-who-is-a-moderate-lebanese-guy-says-but-bin-laden/)

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> [I suppose, in the end, we journalists try - or should try - to be the first impartial witnesses of history. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/i-suppose-in-the-end-we-journalists-try-or-should-try-to-be-the-first/)

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> [When I visited Syrian special forces along the front lines, I was given extraordinary amounts of detail. They gave me the code…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/when-i-visited-syrian-special-forces-along-the-front-lines-i-was/)

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> [These terrible terrorism acts occur because of political situations and injustice in various parts of the world. The Middle East is heavy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/these-terrible-terrorism-acts-occur-because-of-political-situations/)

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## Robert Fisk by topic

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