"Women, who enjoyed a high social status and……" — Richard Engel
"Women, who enjoyed a high social status and levels of education under Saddam, saw terrible setbacks as Iraq fell into civil war. As a result of the sectarian violence from 2005-2007, women retreated to their homes and fell from public view."
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Richard Engel
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84 Quotes by Richard Engel
Richard Engel has 84 quotes on this site.
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I think war should be illegal.
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Unfortunately, the American policy towards Pakistan is just to worry and express concern, and that is not a clear policy…
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The Arab Spring is over. The days of the protesters with laptops and BlackBerrys in Tahrir Square are long gone.
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For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis…
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Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections.
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The U.S. spent years and years and billions of dollars to build the Iraqi army only to watch it collapse…
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For eight years, you had the Bush administration with a very interventionist policy, driving into world affairs, driving primarily into…
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We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.
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When you look at Syria, and you look at all the militant groups on the ground, there are many groups…
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Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.
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There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected.
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War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in…
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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are…
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The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government…
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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an…
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Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you…
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a…
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Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to…
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Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.
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During the 60's, I was, in fact, very concerned about the civil rights movement.
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In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.
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