Amir Abbas Fakhravar Quotes

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

Those who make war unjustly shall perish

The borders of Islam are bloody.

You would be wrong to assume democracy would be the only alternative if the old regimes [in the Middle East] fell. There is a much better-organized alternative already waiting, and that is ... fundamentalism.

Right now, the choice isn't between war and peace. It is between war and endless war.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Nothing can justify war.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

Israel will rise and remain erect until Islam eliminates it, just as it obliterated others before it.

We are much in the position of those who love peace so much that they are ready to fight for it.

Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless. Islam says: Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all! Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by the unbelievers? Islam says: Kill them, put them to the sword and scatter their armies. Does this mean sitting back until [non-Muslims] overcome us? Islam says: Kill in the service of Allah those who may want to kill you! Does this mean that we should surrender [to the enemy]? Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to paradise, which can be opened only for holy warriors! There are hundreds of other Koranic psalms and hadiths urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all that mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim

We believe US threats of an approaching World War III and their use of Iran's nuclear issue as an excuse is another form of American insanity.

…against the simple act of violence, words, moral indignation and world opinion are not enough.

I'll take the American empire any day over the empire of … "Islamic fascism." I'm not against fighting this enemy — it is an enemy and I'm not a pacifist.

I renew my call for the occupier [the United States] to leave our land. The departure of the occupier will mean stability for Iraq, victory for Islam and peace and defeat for terrorism and infidels.

The struggle waged in Muslim societies against extremism is one of the most important—and overlooked—human rights struggles in the world.

Preemption, democracy promoting and nation building have all been sullied by association by association with the War in Iraq.