Quotes by Middle East Politicians don't want democracy here in America, why would they want it in the Middle East? Noam Chomsky middle-east democracy america America is the world's policeman, all right -- a big, dumb, mick flatfoot in the middle of the one thing cops dread most, a "domestic disturbance. P. J. O'Rourke middle-east dumb america One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history. P. J. O'Rourke middle-east self world One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, do not understand that they share a collective destiny. Paddy Ashdown middle-east destiny israel You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can. P. J. O'Rourke do-the-best middle-east despair I hope they're going to learn, and as a result of our response, that it isn't going to work. They're not going to change our life, they're not going to have us throw out our Constitution, and they're not going to chase us out of the Middle East. Paul Bremer constitution middle-east change In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil. Paul Gillmor aunt middle-east oil Democracy or breakdown in Syria would change the whole Middle East overnight. Paul Krugman middle-east democracy spring Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ. Prince Charles middle-east brother forget Prayer is all-powerful. Let us use it to bring peace to the Middle East and peace to the world. Pope Francis middle-east powerful prayer There were initiatives I have remained involved with in the U.S. and in the Middle East, like the Peace Corps, which might be summed up as, "Ask not that the world serve you, but ask what you can do to serve the world." Queen Noor of Jordan middle-east might world To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns. Queen Rania of Jordan middle-east achieve gun Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world. Pope Francis beloved middle-east world In a reality, what we should be doing is having quiet diplomacy with the Russians to convince them that it's in their self-interest to have a more stable Middle East because trade enriches us all. Rand Paul middle-east self reality Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam. Rand Paul chaos middle-east islam We have to have a more realistic foreign policy and not a utopian one where we say, oh, we're going to spread freedom and democracy, and everybody in the Middle East is going to love us. They are not going to love us. Rand Paul realistic middle-east democracy We shouldn't have a program where we just say that we're going to take care of the world's refugees. Nobody in the Middle East is doing anything. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait - all the Gulf nations are doing nothing. Rand Paul qatar kuwait middle-east There's 150,000 students here from the Middle East. If 40% of them have overstayed their visa, don't we need to know where they are, what they're doing, are they obeying our rules? Rand Paul middle-east students needs I think that we have to be very careful about who comes here from the Middle East. Rand Paul careful middle-east thinking If you are accused of being associated with terrorism, which could mean you are an Arab- American and you've sent e-mails to a relative in the Middle East, you should get your day in court, and I think you should get a lawyer and a trial, and I think most Americans agree to that. Rand Paul middle-east mean thinking «4567891011121314»