Arab Quotes - page 3

As a Palestinian today I speak of a Palestinian and Arab demand for a state on 1967 borders. It is true that in reality there will be an entity or state called Israel on the rest of Palestinian land. This is a reality, but I won't deal with it in terms of recognising or admitting it. (Khaled Mashal)
...I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors. View quote
Condoleezza Rice
We have to cease the migration of Arab potential to the west; they should be respected in their own countries. View quote
Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum
There are many democracies in our Arab and Islamic countries, but unfortunately, they are all false democracies. View quote
Yusuf Qaradawi
To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain. View quote
Carroll Quigley
The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. View quote
Carroll Quigley
The source of the terror in Lebanon as in Iraq is to be found in the Koran and in the despotisms of the Arab Middle East. View quote
David Horowitz
The book of Job is pure Arab poetry of the highest and most antique cast. View quote
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Virtually all informed observers agree that a fair and equitable resolution of the plight of the Palestinians would considerably weaken the anger and hatred of Israel and the US in the Arab and Muslim worlds – and far beyond, as international polls reveal. Such an agreement is surely within reach, if the US and Israel depart from their long-standing rejectionism. View quote
Noam Chomsky
I was proud my father spoke Arabic fluently - his father sent him to learn Arabic from a sheikh - and we had Arab friends. His task of understanding the Arabs - not only politics but poetry - was very important; he took it as a vocation. View quote
A. B. Yehoshua
Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things. (Wilbur Smith)
The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians. View quote
Walter Russell Mead
Thanks to Twitter, I learn about the revolutions in the Middle East via Arab activists and writers, not just from American foreign correspondents. View quote
Jacob Weisberg
The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive. View quote
James Surowiecki
The future of Arab films is absolutely up to Arabs and no one else. They've got the equipment, they've got the will, they've got the talent, now they just need a little bit of history behind them and a bit of cultural relaxation. View quote
Alexander Siddig
Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with. View quote
Abdallah II
The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands. View quote
Abdallah II
A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is. View quote
Aslan Maskhadov
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions. View quote
Ahmed Ben Bella
The Palestinians need more help from the Arab countries. Since 1967, the world has learned that there is not going to be real progress in the region until Palestine gets something back that they had. View quote
Bruce Dern
Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me. (Dominique de Villepin)
Look at what has occurred in history. When the Berlin Wall fell, it was not surprising, but it was unexpected. Who predicted the Arab Spring? Nobody expected it, but all the ingredients were there. I think all the ingredients are also there for Quebec to become a country. But when? That's another question. View quote
Gilles Duceppe
Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago. View quote
Lakhdar Brahimi
My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister. View quote
Naomi Shihab Nye
Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror. View quote
Omar Bongo