Arab spring Quote by Paul Krugman Download Open image “Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight.” — Paul Krugman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arab spring Breakdown Democracy East Middle Middle east Spring Syria Whole
I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East. — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria. — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East. — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle. — John Major Copy Share Image
In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally… — William Hague Copy Share Image
One could imagine a day when empowered and experienced representatives of liberated areas will sit with the regime's representatives and work to negotiate to… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It's very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states like Saudi… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
People who are complaining about the Fed are people who've been predicting runaway inflation for five and six years, and it hasn't happened. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Surely I'm not the only person to ask the obvious question: How different, really, is Mr. Madoff's tale from the story of the investment… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“The Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s….ten years from now, the phrase “information economy” will sound silly.… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
You really have to go searching desperately to find any contemporary examples of good, old-fashioned runaway inflation. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is needed is some assurance… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their compensation and… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I've always believed in expansionary monetary policy and if necessary fiscal policy when the economy is depressed. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
...academic credentials are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having your ideas taken seriously. If a famous professor repeatedly says stupid things, then tries to claim he never said them, there's no rule against calling him a mendacious idiot - and no special qualifications required to make that pronouncement other than doing your own homework.Conversely, if someone without… — Paul Krugman Copy Share
It’s not about the budget; it’s about the power...So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares about retaining… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Some socialist movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain, for instance, were genuine. I was making films about the so-called Arab Spring, and I'm well… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
We are living in a world in which developments are harder to predict and one that has become more uncertain. In such a world,… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President. If I don't have the public support, whether there's the so-called "Arab spring" - it's not spring, anyway - but whether we have this or we don't, if you don't have public support, you have to… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
“Our daily routines influence the lives of people and animals halfway across the world, and some personal gestures can unexpectedly set the entire world… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover that the… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and bin Laden was losing the war of ideas in the Muslim world, not because the United States was winning them, but because al-Qaida was simply losing them. — Peter Bergen Copy Share
I don't think the Arab Spring had much to do with energy. I think it was just the opposite, in fact. I think the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I think Martin Luther King would always keep track of collective insurgencies among poor and working people. He was concerned about the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union, for example. He would have closely followed the Arab Spring. And certainly he would be very critical of the massive surveillance state that has emerged in America in the last five… — Cornel West Copy Share
Everyone knew that Saleh and the Houthis were a marriage of convenience. He was a dictator; the Houthis are ideologues who want to impose… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
The Arab Spring is a true phenomenon. Embrace Arab Spring; embrace the aspiration for freedom of the people of Egypt, Syria, and Yemen. — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image