Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Title: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Birthdate: October 28, 1956
Birthplace: Garmsar, Iran
Occupation: Head of State
Profile: The sixth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (August 3, 2005 to August 3, 2013).
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_ahmadinejad
Number of Quotes: 47
Any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself.
Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.
Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process
of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and
Iranians. Many Iranians were born in Iraq, and many Iraqis were born in Iran. This is a kind of special, cordial amicable ties.
For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world.
They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.
For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic
of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights.
Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their
own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
Global equations undergo changes, this is their nature.
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
I believe the people of the U.S. are peace-loving people.
I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.
I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever
event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
I think everyone must settle for what is in the parameter of their own rights. No one
must have an evil intention toward the territorial benefit or integrity of other nations.
I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent
body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law.
In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion.
From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.
In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.
In Iran, we don't have homosexuals, like in your country.
Responding to a question about the treatment of gays and lesbians in Iran
during a visit to Columbia University in New York City on September 24, 2007.
It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.
Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of
nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.
One can not impede scientific progress.
Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.
Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do
this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.
Our nation is today a powerful nation.
People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and
sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian
people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.
The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process.
The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.
The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land.
The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to
deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.
The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.
The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and
a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.
The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
The Zionists are very much, very adventuresome, very much seeking to fabricate things, and I think they see themselves at the end
of the line, and I do firmly believe that they seek to create new opportunities for themselves and their adventurous behaviors.
Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to
build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.
We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.
We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of
Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in
Tehran is not just Israel's problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with.
We've never been anti-Semitic.
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