James Zogby Quotes (25 Quotes)


    The country is wasting its resources in trying to reach out to the Americans through their media. Such a strategy has turned out to be counter-productive.

    Because peace isn't on the ballot, people are voting for other reasons. What we have happening here is a sense that peace is not possible, and they're voting on other matters closer to home, such as creating internal security, creating employment, stability and a bit of sticking the finger in the eye of the U.S. and Israel.

    The fact is, this creates more of a chill than cooperation.

    Bizarre policies were implemented by the government post-911, ... But the pendulum's going back because a whole lot of people are pushing it back.

    That is language that is so irresponsible, so reprehensible, I think he should be ashamed. As a country, it has been a consistent ally. The State Department describes them as a vital partner. I don't know why, unless it's simply that it's an Arab country, that he feels he can go over the top and use language of that sort.


    He is understanding of the concerns. He is someone whom we've known and worked for a long time, many of us, and we feel confident that he is a person with whom we can work.

    Some of the biggest battles, recognition of the Palestinians as a real people and ending stereotypes were achieved. We now can refer to this moment as the date when it became possible to have a different discussion about Palestinians.

    If we expect credit, or expect that this somehow is responsive to the anger of those who have become alienated from the United States, it's not.

    Our silence in the face of the horrific abuses that are taking place on a daily basis in fact are causing people throughout the Middle East to ask serious questions about America and about its commitment to its values.

    What started this and drives this is bigotry.

    They've made a terrible error in calculation and they've led my country into a war that we will need to extricate ourselves from at some point, ... Despite their efforts, there is a growing sense in the world that we need to find other ways of resolving these tensions.

    As long as these kids grow up not only in an economic underclass but excluded from being French or Dutch it's problematic. When people in my community get angry about American foreign policy they get angry as citizens and they fight back as citizens. The process is more open to including them.

    common consensus of Arab-Americans and Jewish-Americans for a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    NSEERS was so poorly conceived and badly managed that it created chaos and fear. Trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement was severely strained and, in the end, there was no evidence that any terrorists were apprehended as a result of the effort.

    We see Arabs as an objectified problem. We see the culture as less than ours, we see them as more violent than we are.

    a coherent policy that can punish the regime while offering sustenance and hope to the people of Iraq.

    And the reason why people are afraid is because leadership led them down this path, it exploited the fear, the concern, and it used an Arab bogeyman to do it.

    I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.

    When you have members of Congress literally tripping over themselves to run to a microphone and they're saying, 'The Arabs are coming, the Arabs are coming,' preying off that fear because it's an Arab country, that constitutes bigotry.

    This really is no more than Arab-phobia. For these politicians, the national interest of the United States is synonymous with their next election. They're not thinking this is a real threat. It's an election year, it's an Arab country, and there's a post-911 insecurity they can exploit. It's a lethal brew, and they're stirring it for all it's worth.

    He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world,

    In this region, as well, in many places, workers, be they Palestinians or other Arabs or south Asians, are trapped in horrible conditions, denied justice and their basic humanity.

    We continue to oppose the use of military force and think that there's a very significant risk of grave unrest in the Arab world.

    Bush is vulnerable so the Democrats jump on it. The Republicans feel vulnerable so they jump on it. The slogan is, if it's Arab, it's bad. Hammer away.

    It's a really sad commentary on the part of politicians that they can't discern between a port deal and an Arab-American who has been working hard and raising money all these years for the Democratic Party and who had good relations with the Jewish community. They shut off their brains then, and they're shutting them off again.


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