Jose Maria Aznar Quotes

You know in the West they support realistic forces.

I feel there's a lot of anti-Israel sentiment in the world and a lot of ignorance about what Israel is and does. But it's not for me to speak on Israel's behalf.

[President Obama's policies regarding Israel] looks like modern anti-Semitism disguised as Western Liberalism.

If we find what we need [arms] among friendly nations and if they give us what we ask, they do so for money. We are not getting anything for free. So, if things become complicated with a certain country we will find other countries, regardless of whether they are Eastern or Western.

Should President Clinton have killed Osama bin Laden when he had the opportunity in 1990s? Should President Bush have sent the U.S. military into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein in 2003? Should President Obama have withdrawn all troops from Iraq in 2011? Such questions provide no real insight into future considerations.

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.

If Israel did not exist, the United Nations would go out of business.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

The people who are pushing Jewish supremacism, Zionism – they are absolute evil and they are crazy. All they know is more power, and so there is a real danger, I should say, for Syria , and a danger for Iran at this point.

When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I was interested in what I call, loosely speaking, forbidden knowledge.

It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy whether they like it or not.

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

Israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing.

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.

Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world.

Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.

Attempts to put pressure on Russia and to compel it to abandon its values, truth and justice have no prospects whatsoever.

For me, geopolitical issues are becoming more important, because how can you understand economy if you don't understand geopolitics? People think economists just deal with spreadsheets and charts. That's a narrow-minded caricature.

No nation has friends only interests.