Ashraf Ghani Quotes

A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests.

All the nations that are adjacent to Afghanistan have a vested interest in the future stability and security of Afghanistan.

All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

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

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.

No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the Egyptian people. We're not going to get involved in how Egypt, how the Egyptians should run themselves. That's an internal Egyptian affair.

Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.

We need peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. It is important to have political and security stability to build up our economic growth.

A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.

Contributing to the maintenance of peace by making clear its determination to exercise the right of individual or collective self-defense … should any armed attack occur affecting its national security.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Pan-European security is a dream..

I am assuming the post of the president in order to preserve and strengthen Ukraine's unity, ensure lasting peace, and guarantee reliable safety.

All have the right to speak, do whatever they want in democracy, but no one will be allowed to destabilise the country or create violence.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

We need a unifying presence in the central government in Iraq, and so we think the stability and security of Iraq, and especially the central government, is important.

Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world

When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.

Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and feel that we are there as partners for them if they are prepared to make the necessary changes. But we should be in no doubt as to why we are in Afghanistan. We ended up there because terrorism hatched there erupted thousands of miles away in New York on Sept. 11.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. And now, as in no other age, we seek it because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.