Policy Quote by Shirin Ebadi Download Open image “America is not the only one who should decide about the policies toward Iran.” — Shirin Ebadi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Policy
America needs a sensible, sustainable Iran policy that can meet U.S. security and economic interests, command international support and withstand the shifting Middle Eastern… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I think it is essential that America does not stumble into a stupid war with Iran. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms… — Howard Berman Copy Share Image
But I really believe it is in America's interest as well as that of the free world more generally to stop Iran from getting… — Frank Gaffney Copy Share Image
The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
Faced with the crippling sanctions, Iran could simply decide it is paying too high a cost to pursue its nuclear program and could opt… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
It is essential for America to understand what our mission is in Iran, and that is to dissuade Iran from having a nuclear weapon… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day I would send him a big bill for what we did. But, seriously, Iran is pursuing a dual strategy in Iraq. On the one hand, the Iranians, after decades of hostility, are now interested in good… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share
If the world believes that Iran doesn't play by the rules and imposes sanctions, then we'll follow them whether we have an opinion about… — Joe Kaeser Copy Share Image
When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Iran, the Iranian government, has mentioned several times that it wouldn't attack Israel. — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Akbar Ganji is a human rights activist in Iran and he works on freedom of expression and he does his job very well. — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected. — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Sixty-three percent of our university students are female. But you still see violations of women's rights in Iran. A Muslim man can have up… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
It's perfectly OK that there are certain people who do not accept Islam at all. Therefore, to announce that I am a Muslim can rub some people the wrong way. But my aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam. They violate these rights and… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share
When you vote, vote for those who are not warmongers, and vote for those who respect human rights. When you see a president who… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Whenever Muslim women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants. It utilizes psychology to say that women are emotional. It utilizes medical… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share
I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Israel is a country and should exist. And a country by the name of Palestine should be made. Two different governments of Palestine and… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred… — Jill Stein Copy Share
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
As president, things that you're supposed to focus on, things like the economy, like energy policy, which is completely tied to national security, and… — Doug Burgum Copy Share Image
Many people in the United States happen to believe that United States policy is wrong in Vietnam and the Vietcong are correct in wanting… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class! — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I'm focusing on are my own policy… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
I am somewhat influenced by the years that I've spent trying to actually get things done, whether it was reforming education in Arkansas or a survey and Legal Services Corporation board when President [Jimmy ]Carter appointed me and trying to get lawyers for poor people. I have worked in these areas. I know it's more than just a hope. You've… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
With the apparent demise of Trumpcare, we have shown the power that ordinary people have to stop disastrous policy. — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
