Culture Quote by Katie Couric

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I'm absolutely confident that the actions we took in Iraq are influencing reformers and freedom lovers in the greater Middle East. And I believe…

— George W. Bush

If you know anything about Islamic civilization, or about the contemporary Middle East, about the sociology and the anthropology of the people who live…

— Mark Helprin

Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too.

— Heather Brooke

We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I can tell you quite honestly.

— Vladimir Putin

Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

— Harold Pinter

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

— Chris Chocola

Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.

— Dinesh D'Souza

Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about…

— Ahmed Chalabi

A democracy in the Middle East must be more than a democracy in name only - it must live out its principles.

— Kay Granger

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on…

— Paul Bremer

Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography, the sheer…

— Victor Davis Hanson