Arab Quotes
376 quotes by 242 authors
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Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.
— Jalal Talabani
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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat…
— Al-Waleed bin Talal
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Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.
— Martin Amis
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The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him to take such…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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You Israeli you should never become lenient if you would kill your enemies. You shall have no pity on them until you shall have destroyed…
— Menachem Begin
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The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.
— William Eldridge Odom
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Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than…
— Shimon Peres
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The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to…
— Carroll Quigley
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If you look not just at the Arab Spring, but at what I call the 'Youth Spring' that has started in Europe, young people are…
— Shane Smith
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There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.
— Alexander Siddig
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The future of Arab films is absolutely up to Arabs and no one else. They've got the equipment, they've got the will, they've got the…
— Alexander Siddig
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Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me.
— Dominique de Villepin
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I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and…
— Lawrence Wright
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How will decent people in the region ever believe in peace if Arab terrorists interpret every gesture of peace as a display of weakness and…
— Tom Lantos
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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the…
— Yitzhak Rabin
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Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two…
— Yitzhak Rabin
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The Arab peoples possess an ancient and highly developed civilization that is in many ways more sophisticated than our own. For instance, they invented algebra.…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Within the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero. For some reason it seems to me that this role…
— Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with broken glass to discourage escaladores,…
— Charles Portis
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By abrogating all moral standards in their war against Israel, Arab and Muslim leaders initiated a process of moral collapse that has ended by soaking…
— David Frum
Who Wrote These Arab Quotes
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