Moshe Katsav Quotes

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and aeroplanes.

If the world believes that Iran doesn't play by the rules and imposes sanctions, then we'll follow them whether we have an opinion about it or not.

Another mess I inherited, and we have imposed new sanctions on the nation of Iran who has totally taken advantage of our previous administration, and they're the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and we're not going to stop until that problem is properly solved, and it's not properly solved now.

I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.

Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.

Senator Kerry was fooled by Bashar al-Assad.

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.

The 'Axis of Evil' was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

We are always in favour of diplomacy and talks... but talks need honesty. Trump's call for direct talks is only for domestic consumption in America ahead of elections... and to create chaos in Iran.

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.

We do not want war with Iran.

I don't think the British or American governments really want to fight the Islamic State. They just want to look as if they are doing so.

Any claim between the U.S. and Iran, any conflict is bad for Iraq.

We live in a dangerous world, and Russia has not complied with existing treaties.

While we all want the U.N. to live up to its original intent and be the place where the world comes together to solve international problems, the reality is the U.N. isn't all that different from any other political body. Countries and individuals play to the cameras, create good theatre, and negotiate selfishly.

President Trump has always said that he does not want war, that he seeks peace with Iran, peace in the Middle East.

Passing a tough resolution or threatening Iran will not bring about the desired outcome.

They [Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz] will never give peace a chance because they are saying the moment they are elected, the first thing they will do is to rip up the agreement that allowed $150 billion of Iranian money to be returned to them. They don't want this agreement and that will surely lead to war.

I have never agreed with President Bush's argument regarding the axis of evil. Unfortunately, fundamentalists in Iran have used this as an excuse to brand us as allies of Mr. Bush.

Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving?

I saw Donald [Trump] saying that there were some Iranian sailors on a ship in the waters off of Iran, and they were taunting American sailors who were on a nearby ship. He said, you know, if they taunted our sailors, I'd blow them out of the water and start another war. That's not good judgment.

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.