Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Quotes (143 Quotes)

For Israel should not be condemned, in the name of stability, to live in a region where despots threaten to 'wipe them off the map,'

This is the beginning of a new movement. ... We are willing to have positive cooperation with any government not hostile to Iran.

Our religion prohibits us from having nuclear arms and our religious leader has prohibited it from the point of view of religious law. It's a closed road,

the same as those of the Iranian nation.

We demand democracy, security, stability and termination of occupation in Iraq to provide the grounds for its reconstruction and development,

But Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said ''President Bush's words this morning were encouraging because they reflect an understanding of the interaction between the developing countries and the developed countries.

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

Of course, they will use watever they have in their hand, which is the U.N. Security Council, and our nation has the means to defend and obtain its own rights. Do not doubt that our people will not lose.

One can not impede scientific progress.

weak persons because they are new faces.

Our nation wants the well-being of other countries and will not do anything against their national interest.

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.

The Iranian nation won't give a damn about such useless resolutions.

welcomes resuming negotiations on its nuclear program patiently.

Some European countries and America are using the Security Council as a threat. They threaten us so that we give up our rights,

We will not bend to political pressure, nor give up our rights as a nation.

Some 60 years has passed since the end of World War II, why should the people of Germany and Palestine pay now for a war in which the current generation was not involved.

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.

We have obtained the technology for producing nuclear fuel ... no one can take it away from our nation.

I heard the same news after I was elected (in June) and quite frankly I laughed at it,

will wipe this stigma from the face of the Islamic world.

The UN Security Council should act in keeping with international accords and treaties. It must show if this international institute is indeed a guarantor of peace and security for all nations, or it has turned into a tool for world powers to manipulate smaller states.

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

lead in promotion of spirituality and compassion for humanity.

the peaceful use of nuclear energy without a fuel cycle is an empty proposition.

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

There was nothing new, and I just meant Islamic countries should not recognize a regime of terrorist nature,

will not let its historic enemy live in its heartland.

They have created a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets.

Muslim governments and nations should provide comprehensive support to the Palestinian government to liberate Jerusalem.

I thanked South Africa. They can potentially be a negotiating partner,

the last trench of Islam.

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.

If you think by frowning at us, by issuing resolutions ... you can impose anything on the Iranian nation or force it to abandon its obvious right, you still don't know its power.

Iran's peaceful technology is the outcome of the scientific achievements of Iran's youth. We need the peaceful nuclear technology for energy, medical and agricultural purposes and our scientific progress. We will continue this,

They invade the shrine and bomb it because they oppose God and justice.

Accusing a country without documents will have negative impact on relations between Iran and Britain,

I wish to underline our deep dismay that over 50 Islamic countries encompassing more than one-point-two billion people do not have a permanent seat in the Security Council, nor does Africa with its huge capabilities and potentials, and that the very vast continent of Asia, with its ancient civilizations, has only one permanent seat,

We understand and we know that their (the Western powers') intentions are bad. All of our activities have been transparent to the IAEA and we've announced many times that because of our religious and cultural views (we) are against the creation and use of nuclear weapons.

I don't know why some countries do not want to understand the fact that the Iranian people do not tolerate force.

The time of using language of bullying and coercion . . . is over. There is no evidence to prove Iran's diversion (toward nuclear weapons).

I will ask U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to put on his agenda the formation of a democratic and legitimate Palestinian government,

We are very sorry for what is happening in Iraq at the moment, and we hope that the establishment of a sovereign state in Iraq comes quickly, ... thanking God that our brothers in arms are now holding high positions in Iraq.