Words matter. These are the best Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.
I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
I believe the people of the U.S. are peace-loving people.
Global equations undergo changes, this is their nature.
I think everyone must settle for what is in the parameter of their own rights. No one must have an evil intention toward the territorial benefit or integrity of other nations.
The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury.
For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other’s rights.
I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
The United States’ administrations… must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.
I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.
Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.
Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics – what they perceive to be the most important topics.
The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.
Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.
Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can’t.
Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
The Zionists are very much, very adventuresome, very much seeking to fabricate things, and I think they see themselves at the end of the line, and I do firmly believe that they seek to create new opportunities for themselves and their adventurous behaviors.
Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other’s countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and Iranians. Many Iranians were born in Iraq, and many Iraqis were born in Iran. This is a kind of special, cordial amicable ties.
Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel’s problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with.
One can not impede scientific progress.
The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land.
I’m an academic. I teach at the university, and that’s where I will go back to.
People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites – let’s say the sites around Iran – where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.
Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.
We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.
Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
