Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes

The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel.

You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.

Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist.

For Israel there is tension between our values and the brutal reality [of the Middle East]

Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.

There can be no peace, no stability as long as occupation and aggression continue.

I think the Israelis are beginning to realize more that they are moving toward a one-state solution, which would be a catastrophe for Israel.

I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war.

Get the hell out of Palestine.

As you can see, even when [Adolf] Hitler desires to speak for peace, he cannot dispense with threats. This is symptomatic.

We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier...while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims.

For WAR, consisteth not in Battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the Will to content by Battle is sufficiently known.... So the nature of War, consisteth not in actual fighting; but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is PEACE.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.

The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

Violence is a calm that disturbs you.

How have the past four years served Israel or the Palestinians? We want a solution for the sake of humanity.

We shall try to destroy you. Won't you have another drink?

In the face of war, politics are adjourned.

Borders cannot be redrawn in blood.

Conduct peace talks only with those among the Arabs residing in the Land of Israel who are truly willing to recognize the existence of the State of Israel. As to all those who want to continue the battle against Israel, it is incumbent upon us -- including, and above all, the Government and Prime Minister -- to obey the law and wage war against them until their demise.

… without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.... Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that accompanies and consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit all around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.