John Boehner Quotes

Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.

Syria is still the foundation of the axis of evil, and I'm not sure it's appropriate to transfer Israel's northern front to the axis of evil.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.

Israel is frightening. Its behaviour is irresponsible.

There's been a significant amount of Israelis who are joining my party because they think that Israel has to have a tough stance in this crazy environment called the Middle East.

Israel is very much endangering.

Iraq is not about oil.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

In the face of war, politics are adjourned.

Almost certainly there will be vicious wars between the states.

I've covered Israel just as I cover other politics.

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive.

Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Either a war has to be fought, or it doesn't.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There are wars that have had to be fought, and there will probably continue to be.

Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.