Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Global equations undergo changes, this is their nature.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We've never been anti-Semitic.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

One can not impede scientific progress.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I do hope that all nations can live in complete security and welfare.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I believe the people of the U.S. are peace-loving people.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad