Frank Carlucci Quotes

I firmly believe that a free Iraq will be a catalyst to other substantive and important changes in that part of the world.

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.

As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous.

The Swedish government needs to understand that relations in the Middle East are more complicated than a piece of furniture from IKEA that you assemble at home.

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process.

We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.

Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects.

Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.

In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods.

In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.

We will do everything in our power to make sure cross-strait stability becomes the driving force for peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

We [Iran and the United States] have a common destiny in this region [The Middle East].

The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.

Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit from the Middle East's growing wealth.

A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region.

The main task for the Middle East is geopolitical stability. The rest of the world has to help to get this region straight, and once that's been achieved, the region has a great future.

The driving motivation of a new American endeavor in Iraq and in neighboring Arab lands should be modernizing the Arab world.

The fundamental question facing Iraq government is whether or not we will stand with reformers across the region. It's really the task. And we're going to stand with this government.

As a matter of fact, it's in our interests that we help reformers across the Middle East achieve their objectives. This is the fundamental challenge of the 21st century.

I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression.

America is interested in change and reform in the Middle East but in a stable way.

I think the Arab awakening has changed everything and I think a lot will depend on what people there ask of us, may be nothing, it may be a lot. I think that really depends how they find their voice and what they see as their real interest, and hopefully that would be for more schools and not more tanks.

America is a force for good in the Middle East.