Arab world Quote by James Surowiecki

What is irreversible in the Arab world is this intellectual revolution, the awakening that we can get rid of dictators. That is here, and…

— Tariq Ramadan

We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs.

— Bret Stephens

There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum of internal…

— Michael Totten

The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.

— Stephen Kinzer

The Arab world had a big problem of frankly venal elites. That is why these revolutions happen, because people didn't think the opportunities were…

— Thomas Friedman

Arab civilization has collapsed. It won’t recover in my lifetime.

— Hisham Melhem

With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with…

— Hisham Melhem

The Arab and Islamic countries suffer from severe backwardness, and the Western world wants to make them even more backward.

— Mohammed Mahdi Akef

Ever since our country came into existence, we have always assumed that we are better than the Arabs. But we are noticing that these…

— Tom Segev

If the region truly becomes democratic, an undemocratic bit of earth would remain here. It's hard to imagine that the world, especially the Arab…

— Tom Segev

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi