Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chuck Hagel

I really think that the proper role for Saudi Arabia or for any other country in the region is to help them, not critique them. And I've made that point very clear to countries in the region.

Nicholas Kristof

In effect, Saudi Arabia legitimizes fundamentalism, religious discrimination, intolerance and the oppression of women. Saudi women not only can't drive, but are also told by some clerics that they mustn't wear seatbelts for fear of showing the outlines of their bodies.

Peter Robertson

I'm not sure what Saudi Arabia needs in the United States is the oil companies standing up for it. I'm not sure we'd help you that much.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

In Tunisia, where women have long enjoyed greater rights than many of their Arab neighbors, women pushed for and won a new electoral code that guarantees women will make up half of a candidates' list for office.

Apollonius of Tyana

In my travels, which have been wider than ever man yet accomplished, I have seen many, many wild beasts of Arabia and India; but this beast, that is commonly called a Tyrant, I know not how many heads it has, nor if it be crooked of claw, and armed with horrible fangs.

Matthew Simmons

In 2003 there was basically a chain-link fence around this incredible facility. What's worrisome is that the various bombings that have taken place in these complexes in Saudi Arabia so far have all had the markings of being an inside job.

In a civilized country the justice minister, attorney general and state prosecutor should have been immediately sent off. A week after they backed the decision, they are now trying to overrun the Arab public's will by using a dirty trick.

It has certainly reinforced the perception here that Arab investments can be singled out. It will have an impact on flows of funds.

Mark Johnson

I supported this effort because it was very important to bring a new generation of Arabs to the United States to better understand Americans and to promote closer people-to-people contact between the Middle Eastern countries and us,

Iraq will continue dialogue with any Arab government who wants dialogue, within the context of Arab integration, unity and independence,

Jalal Talabani

Iraq as part of Arab society follows Arab League's decisions,

His capture is extremely meaningful for Iraq and the Arab world, but as far as the U.S. consumer is concerned, it doesn't mean much.

I hope ... I will be able to rally the Arab nations, the European Union, the United Nations and others around the proposition that we need to get to a cease-fire and get to a political discussion as soon as possible, ... Meet the Press.

Shimon Peres

I hope that he will do his best and be able to do something concrete on the ground, ... I'm sure the United States expects Israel to listen to Arab needs as well and that is what we are doing in a very open manner and fair way and I hope it will lead to some ... achievements.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.

Avigdor Lieberman

The only way to solve the problem (between Jews and Arabs) is to lower the friction between the two peoples. There can't be peaceful coexistence in one national state, we can't live together in the same apartment. So there should be a separate Jewish state and Arab state.

Larry Elder

Spain, a country of 41 million people, boasts a greater Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than the GDP of all of the 22 Arab countries combined! Despite the presence of oil in many Arab countries, the region remains under-developed.

Golda Meir

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

Basmah bint Saud

On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.

Mordechai Vanunu

We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab countries. What has already been exposed about the weapons Israel is holding can destroy the region and kill millions.

This company played by the rules, and now it looks like the U.S. government is trying to move the goalposts. We're concerned that this could have a very chilling effect on investment in the U.S., particularly from the Arab world.

Azmi Bishara

This candidacy was supposed to be a tool -- to make a point that we want the state to be the state for all of the citizens and to bargain for Arab rights.

Shel Silverstein

This bridge will only take you halfway there, to those mysterious lands you long to see. Through gypsy camps and swirling Arab fair, and moonlit woods where unicorns run free. So come and walk awhile with me and share the twisting trails and wonderous worlds Ive known. But this bridge will only take you halfway there. The last few steps you have to take alone.

Richard Gephardt

This administration needs to stop behaving like the United States of Saudi Arabia and it needs to start mobilizing international pressure to get Saudi Arabia to stop funding, training and breeding global terror in the first place,

This is an Arab city living in a unique moment in history.

This is a major long-term investment. If it's going to be undermined for unjustified reasons, that will tell Arab investors and governments to keep away from the United States.

Stephen Kinzer

Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world's largest consumer of American weaponry.

Saudi Arabia is taking a Chinese wife. The Saudis are not divorcing us. In Islam, you can have more than one wife and they can manage that.

James Howard Kunstler

Saudi Arabia is, of course, the keystone of OPEC. Saudi Arabia has had the distinction of remaining stable through all the escalating tumult of recent decades, reliably pumping out its roughly 10 million barrels a day like Bossy the cow in America's oil import barn.

Nicholas Kristof

Saudi Arabia isn't the enemy, but it is a problem. It could make so much positive difference in the Islamic world if it used its status to soothe Sunni-Shiite tensions and encourage tolerance. For a time, under King Abdullah, it seemed that the country was trying to reform, but now under King Salman, it has stalled.

Saudi Arabia is concerned about last week's sharp price decline, but oil prices are still within OPEC's desired ($22-$28) price range,

Fatih Birol

Saudi Arabia has the oil reserves and the domestic capital to boost their production. But they might not want to increase their investments to boost production. They may want to influence the world price environment.

Nicholas Kristof

Saudi Arabia has supported Wahhabi madrasas in poor countries in Africa and Asia, exporting extremism and intolerance. Saudi Arabia also exports instability with its brutal war in Yemen, intended to check what it sees as Iranian influence.