Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes

No country can be expected to make peace with a nation that denies its right to exist.

Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs.

Like other countries in the world, China must uphold its own sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests. At the same time, we are willing to properly handle differences and disagreements in state-to-state relations.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders.

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.

All members will refrain in their international relations from the threat or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

The existence of the United States as a nation presupposes the power enjoyed by every nation of extending their territory by treaties.

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.

The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty.

We do not have the God-given right to intervene in any country in which we feel like intervening.

Whenever a foreign nation is conquered or has by their own will accepted the Great Peace their own system of internal government may continue, but they must cease all warfare against other nations

Nations are at liberty to use their own resources in such manner, and to apply them to such purposes as they may deem best, provided they do not violate the perfect rights of other nations, nor endanger their safety, nor infringe the indispensable duties of humanity

American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.

Just as we respect the right of each nation to determine its own future, we also recognize the responsibility of each nation to secure its own future.

No country can decide for another county.

Such a conspiracy does not accord with the general sentiments or views of the United States to intermeddle in the domestic contests of other nations..

Israel never interferes in the domestic issues of any other country. It's not our matter; it's not our policy.

When you look at territorial disputes, there are good arguments on any sides. I think it's important that we don't take sides on legitimacy.

I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.

I want to make clear, in the most emphatic way, that the government of Mexico and the Mexican people do not have to accept measures that, in a unilateral way, one government wants to impose on another. That we are not going to accept.

Every country has the right to own its own sovereignty.