Rouhani Hassan Quotes

If America puts the enmity aside, if it initiates good will, and if it compensates for the past, the future situation between the United States and Iran will change. ~ Hassan Rouhani

Citizenship rights is about making all Iranians feel they are part of one nation, one identity, under one umbrella they can feel proud of. ~ Hassan Rouhani

Ahmadinijad was stupid enbough to be a wolf in wolf's clothing, to expose his teeth and nails and alert the west. I can be a wolf in sheep's clothing. I have all the diplomatic and rhetoric skills to do so. ~ Hassan Rouhani

At face value, the U.S. Congress, there is a - they have a long way to go before they fully appreciate and understand Iranian people. ~ Hassan Rouhani

No country by itself and in an isolated manner would ever be able to effectively address the challenges it faces. ~ Hassan Rouhani

International politics is no longer a zero-sum game but a multi-dimensional arena where cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of blood feuds. World leaders are expected to lead in turning threats into opportunities. ~ Hassan Rouhani

The viewpoint of the government is that the people must have full access to all information worldwide. ~ Hassan Rouhani

The overwhelming majority of our nation - intellectuals, academics, theologians, the greats, and the leadership - are in favor of getting the sanctions removed. ~ Hassan Rouhani

On the nuclear issue, the first point is that the entire world must recognize that Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon, nor shall it seek a nuclear weapon. ~ Hassan Rouhani

The people, when they say 'Death to America!' - do you know what they are really saying? What they mean to say relates to the aggressive policies of the U.S. and intervention and meddling by the U.S. ~ Hassan Rouhani

I deeply regret to say that terrorism has become globalized: ' From New York to Mosul, from Damascus to Baghdad, from the Easternmost to the Westernmost parts of the world, from Al-Qaeda to Daesh'. The extremists of the world have found each other and have put out the call: 'extremists of the world unite'. But are we united against the extremists? ~ Hassan Rouhani

All countries in my part of the world, we want democracy to prevail. I told the people, 'If you want American policies to stop, we need to take action.' We need to make the U.S. understand that its meddling is inappropriate. ~ Hassan Rouhani

If you want peace and well-being to be in place in the Middle East and you want terrorism to be uprooted, then there's no path other than the presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran, you saw that in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen that the power that was able to help the people of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen in the face of terrorist groups was the Islamic Republic of Iran. ~ Hassan Rouhani

In a world where global politics is no longer a zero-sum game, it is - or should be - counterintuitive to pursue one's interests without considering the interests of others. ~ Hassan Rouhani

As leaders, we need to rise above petty politics and lead, rather than follow, the various interests and pressure groups in our respective countries. ~ Hassan Rouhani

When it comes to nuclear technology, the Iranian people are very sensitive. It is a part of our national pride, and nuclear technology has become indigenous. ~ Hassan Rouhani

We want the people, in their private lives, to be completely free, and in today's world, having access to information and the right of free dialogue and the right to think freely is the right of all peoples, including the people of Iran. ~ Hassan Rouhani

Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as well as its ethical standpoint. ~ Hassan Rouhani

We believe that unilateral sanctions violate international law, in fact. They violate free trade. They violate human growth and development, human development, and that when you actually sanction a bank of a country, the meaning of it is quite clear. You're sanctioning medicine for the people. ~ Hassan Rouhani

We are determined to provide for the nuclear fuel of such plants inside the country, at the hands of local Iranian scientists. We are going to follow on this path. ~ Hassan Rouhani

We are not seeking ... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region. ~ Hassan Rouhani

If the people of the United States come to Iran and see its ancient history and nature of Iran, and the people of Iran go to the United States to see America, this can shorten the walls of mistrust and improve the situation for the future. ~ Hassan Rouhani

I'll tell you that when an innocent person is killed, we never go about asking or inquiring whether they were Jewish or Christian or Muslim. That's not our way or creed. ~ Hassan Rouhani

I'm committed to fulfilling my promises to my people, including my pledge to engage in constructive interaction with the world. ~ Hassan Rouhani

I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that I received from the electorate, I am committed to operating in the framework of moderation, which calls inter alia for a balance between realism and the pursuit of the ideals of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ~ Hassan Rouhani

There's no violence worse than the violence of Iraq. For the last fifty years Iraq has been living a nightmare of violence and terror. It's been a horrible experience and people in Iraq will need a lot of time and work to get over the disastrous effects. But first we have to think about how to stop the violence, so that the bloodshed stops. In spite of everything, on the personal level I don't easily lose hope. ~ Hassan Blasim

Nice bedhead, by the way, kafir. You look like you stuck a fork in a light socket." "Did you know that in 1887, Nikola Tesla's hair stood on end for an entire week after he passed fifty thousand volts through his body to prove that elec - " "Kafir," Hassan said, putting his fork down on his plate. "Absolutely, completely not interesting. ~ John Green

I think that Hassan Nasrallah is the best leader in the Muslim world. ~ George Galloway

Let the entire world hear me. Our hostility to the Great Satan [America] is absolute. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

My stories were translated and had many reviews before I had an interview with any international or Arab newspaper. If the stories hadn't succeeded, you wouldn't have asked me my position on Arab festivals and I wouldn't have been interested in the festivals anyway, because I would be in seclusion, writing. ~ Hassan Blasim

But they were wasting their time. Because Hassan stood with his arms wide open, smiling, waiting for the kite. And may God - if He exists, that is - strike me blind if the kite didn't just drop into his outstretched arms. ~ Khaled Hosseini

No. I do not fucking play soccer. Do you think I'd be this fat if I played fucking soccer? ~ Michael Hassan

I mean, I always sort of thought you were gay," Colin acknowledged. "I might be gay if I had a better-looking best friend," said Hassan. "And I might be gay if I could locate your penis under the fat rolls." "Bitch, I could gain five hundred pounds and you could still see Thunderstick hanging to my knees." Colin smiled. "She's a lucky girl." "Too bad she'll never know just how lucky unless we get married. ~ John Green

if a colonizer replaces language, clothes and names of a nation then what remains is a mere shadow of the colonizer. ~ Hassan Zia Ahmed

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know.
If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan, Sohrab, and me ends with happiness, I wouldn't know what to say.
Does anybody's?
After all, life is not a Hindi movie. Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: Life goes on, undmindful of beginning, en, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis. ~ Khaled Hosseini

While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger - an Army Officer in the Special Forces home on leave - who would be the mentor to drive home my mother's goal of getting me educated. His name was Saul Hassan. ~ Richard Carmona

For you, a thousand times over ~ Khaled Hosseini

For seven years I wrote and published my texts on the Internet and no Arab festival invited me and no Arab publishing house wanted to publish my books, and I wasn't known in the Western world because of my political positions. ~ Hassan Blasim

Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

According to the 'Language Institute Regina Coeli' 'Learning a language allows parts of your brain to grow' By using MRI technology, scientists have collected evidence to prove that parts of the brain actually grow when a person studies a language intensively over a longer period of time. 'Multilingualism keeps Alzheimer's at bay ~ Hanife Hassan O'Keeffe

The problem is that I am secretly in love with Hassan. I can't help myself. I hold your bony shoulder blades in my hands and think of his fleshy back (Lindsey). ~ John Green

I laughed. Clutched him in a hug and planted a kiss on his cheek. "What was that for?" he said; startled, blushing. I gave him a friendly hug, smiled. "You're a prince, Hassan. You're a prince and I love you. ~ Khaled Hosseini

Syria has a strategic position in the region, I don't deny her role, her alliance with the resistance or our friendship with her although that many Lebanese pretended to have forgotten that there is an enemy called Israel which is still targeting us and constituting a danger to the Lebanese people. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

I still write in literary Arabic but I try to rid it of the rhetoric, the symbolism, and the stuff that ordinary people don't understand. ~ Hassan Blasim

You cannot live like honey throughout your lives because the poisonous insects extinct your being..! ~ Tehreem Hassan

On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have - as they had for the - for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

I am against any reconciliation with Israel. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

The Jews invented the legend of the Nazi atrocities ... Anyone who reads the Koran and the holy writings of the monotheistic religions sees what they did to the prophets, and what acts of madness and slaughter the Jews carried out throughout history ... Anyone who reads these texts cannot think of co-existence with them, of peace with them, or about accepting their presence, not only in Palestine of 1948 but even in a small village in Palestine, because they are a cancer which is liable to spread again at any moment. ~ Hassan Nasrallah

The (post) structuralist temper requires too great a depersonalization of the writing/speaking subject. Writing becomes plagiarism; speaking becomes quoting. Meanwhile, we do write, we do speak. ~ Ihab Hassan

Israel is our enemy. This is an aggressive, illegal, and illegitimate entity, which has no future in our land. Its destiny is manifested in our motto: 'Death to Israel.' ~ Hassan Nasrallah

The Arab world is full of corruption, in the time of the dictatorships and in the time of anarchy. This corruption is not only in politics and the economy, but also in the field of creative activity. There's an elite that controls the festivals, the newspapers, and the reviews. They are just a corrupt clique with no interest in creativity. ~ Hassan Blasim

Hassan Harbish. Sunni Muslim. Not a terrorist.
Lindsey Lee Wells. Methodist. Me, neither. ~ John Green

It's better to talk about a dead hero than a living zero ~ Umar Hassan