“The most terrible iron is not missiles, aircraft, and tanks, but shackles.”
Volodymyr Zelensky (1978) 6th President of Ukraine
Source: https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1562384096130736128
Would President Assad invite a cruise missile to his palace? http://www.robert-fisk.com/articles230.htm, 15 April, 2003 <br class="br">2003
“The most terrible iron is not missiles, aircraft, and tanks, but shackles.”
Volodymyr Zelensky (1978) 6th President of Ukraine
Source: https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1562384096130736128
“A cruise missile is more important than Head Start.”
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
Remarks during an address (November 2001), rebroadcast by C-SPAN in January 2002, quoted in "Amy Goodman vs. Ann Coulter" in High Timber Times (29 September 2009) http://www.hightimbertimes.com/content/amy-goodman-vs-ann-coulter. <br class="br">2001
Max Lerner (1902–1992) American journalist and educator
Quoted in Max Lerner, Writer, 89, Is Dead; Humanist on Political Barricades By Richard Severo, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/06/arts/max-lerner-writer-89-is-dead-humanist-on-political-barricades.html (6 June 1992)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
As quoted in "U.S. to clarify Iran rules, but Tehran must reassure wary firms" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-summit-obama-iran-idUSKCN0WY4W3 (April 2016) <br class="br">2016 <br class="br">Context: Iran so far has followed the letter of the agreement, but the spirit of the agreement involves Iran also sending signals to the world community and businesses that it is not going to be engaging in a range of provocative actions that might scare business off. When they launch ballistic missiles with slogans calling for the destruction of Israel, that makes businesses nervous.
Taj El-Din Hilaly (1941) Egyptian imam
Mufti of Australia Declares his Support of Hizbullah http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=2 March 2004.
George Galloway (1954) British politician, broadcaster, and writer
Interview on Sky News http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-galloway_060806,00.html, August 6, 2006 <br class="br">Asked to justify supporting Hezbollah.
Benjamín Netanyahu (1949) Israeli prime minister
Interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" 12 July 2014 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-israel-avoid-civilian-deaths-in-gaza-offensive/. Comparing Israeli forces to Hamas militants. <br class="br">2010s, 2014
Jibril Rajoub (1953) Palestinian sharamit
Fatah Revolutionary Council Member Jibril Rajoub: Merely Bearing Arms and Making a Big Fuss Is Suicide, Not Resistance http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1434 April 2007