Quotes & Sayings About Bahrain

I care about Bahrain. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

If the Bahreini royal family can have an embassy, a state, and a seat at the UN, why should the twenty-five million Kurds not have a claim to autonomy? The alleviation of their suffering and the assertion of their self-government is one of the few unarguable benefits of regime change in Iraq. It is not a position from which any moral retreat would be allowable. — Christopher Hitchens

It is a natural goal of Iran to try and expel the Fifth Fleet from Bahrain. — Elliott Abrams

Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends. — Colin Powell

We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change. These policies were the policies that had a wide family consensus. The question I think would be if the king becomes sick, whether you have weak Saudi leadership in the Arab world and the Middle East rather than strong Saudi leadership, but I think the fundamental policies will continue, the ones we're familiar with under King Abdullah. — Elliott Abrams

May Allah guide us to the good of the kingdom of Bahrain and its loyal people. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each day in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and throughout the Arab lands. — Elliott Abrams

We are not shrinking from talking to Saudis or anyone else in the region, but it is up to each nation in the region to decide on its own how it will proceed and at what pace. There are other nations in the region that had similar policies to Saudi Arabia that are starting to make changes, such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco. And so it takes time but when you see the need for such changes, then changes tend to follow. — Colin Powell

I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

I remember when I was in the Middle East, Yasser Arafat used to go to Bahrain and Qatar on a Thursday and then go to Saudi Arabia and get his financial help on a Saturday. — Leon Charney

Libya. A Tunisian street vendor setting himself aflame to protest police brutality in December 2010 ushered in what has become known as the Arab Spring. Mass demonstrations protesting longstanding authoritarian rule in Egypt, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, and Libya in 2011 stirred national and international debates. — Karen A. Mingst

Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings. — Pat Boone

The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

I was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Bahrain. The first year I went pretty much by myself. Then I went with General [Richard] Myers, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The shows and audiences were amazing. You'll never get a better group of people. — Robin Williams

The U.S. relationship with Bahrain is obviously more complicated than with Syria and Iran. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Bahrain is very dear to me. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people's online activity. — Rebecca MacKinnon

There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region. — Frank Carlucci

There is no doubt that some in Iran have an unhealthy focus on Bahrain, as some of the broadcast coverage shows. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Some socialist movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain, for instance, were genuine. I was making films about the so-called Arab Spring, and I'm well aware of how complex the situation really was. But it goes without saying is that the West immediately infiltrated and 'derailed' the revolutions, turning them into what you have described. — Andre Vltchek

Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps. — Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa