Rouhani Quotes

#1. The Iranians are not going to cede any kind of power. They're not going to cede any kind of control. [Hassan] Rouhani used to be the nuclear negotiator. Any YouTube saying this is our mission to become nuclear. He's not going to change his mind.

Andrea Tantaros

#2. Citizenship rights is about making all Iranians feel they are part of one nation, one identity, under one umbrella they can feel proud of.

Hassan Rouhani

#3. The viewpoint of the government is that the people must have full access to all information worldwide.

Hassan Rouhani

#4. At face value, the U.S. Congress, there is a - they have a long way to go before they fully appreciate and understand Iranian people.

Hassan Rouhani

#5. On the nuclear issue, the first point is that the entire world must recognize that Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon, nor shall it seek a nuclear weapon.

Hassan Rouhani

#6. As leaders, we need to rise above petty politics and lead, rather than follow, the various interests and pressure groups in our respective countries.

Hassan Rouhani

#7. We are not seeking ... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

Hassan Rouhani

#8. We want the people, in their private lives, to be completely free, and in today's world, having access to information and the right of free dialogue and the right to think freely is the right of all peoples, including the people of Iran.

Hassan Rouhani

#9. Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#10. Ahmadinijad was stupid enbough to be a wolf in wolf's clothing, to expose his teeth and nails and alert the west. I can be a wolf in sheep's clothing. I have all the diplomatic and rhetoric skills to do so.

Hassan Rouhani

#11. You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

Daniel Quinn

#12. We believe that unilateral sanctions violate international law, in fact. They violate free trade. They violate human growth and development, human development, and that when you actually sanction a bank of a country, the meaning of it is quite clear. You're sanctioning medicine for the people.

Hassan Rouhani

#13. There are some issues that are not in control of the government. Two of those issues are human rights and personal freedoms are in the domain of Iran's conservative judicial system.

Hassan Rouhani

#14. When it comes to nuclear technology, the Iranian people are very sensitive. It is a part of our national pride, and nuclear technology has become indigenous.

Hassan Rouhani

#15. All countries in my part of the world, we want democracy to prevail. I told the people, 'If you want American policies to stop, we need to take action.' We need to make the U.S. understand that its meddling is inappropriate.

Hassan Rouhani

#16. I'll tell you that when an innocent person is killed, we never go about asking or inquiring whether they were Jewish or Christian or Muslim. That's not our way or creed.

Hassan Rouhani

#17. If the people of the United States come to Iran and see its ancient history and nature of Iran, and the people of Iran go to the United States to see America, this can shorten the walls of mistrust and improve the situation for the future.

Hassan Rouhani

#18. If America puts the enmity aside, if it initiates good will, and if it compensates for the past, the future situation between the United States and Iran will change.

Hassan Rouhani

#19. The overwhelming majority of our nation - intellectuals, academics, theologians, the greats, and the leadership - are in favor of getting the sanctions removed.

Hassan Rouhani

#20. I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable that leer down from the external universes.

H.P. Lovecraft

#21. Wiggle like a stick, wobble like a duck, that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck.

Chubby Checker

#22. A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.

Hassan Rouhani

#23. I'm committed to fulfilling my promises to my people, including my pledge to engage in constructive interaction with the world.

Hassan Rouhani

#24. The Iranian people, with regards to the policies of various American administrations in the past 30 years, are very worried. They don't trust them.

Hassan Rouhani

#25. Problems of 35 years cannot be resolved in a short period of time.

Hassan Rouhani

#26. [Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

Paul Lockhart

#27. There seems to be great roles for women, and it's not necessarily - you don't have to be young women. Suddenly, we're realizing that, generally, women are interesting, and they can also be weird and crazy and mean.

Lena Headey

#28. No country by itself and in an isolated manner would ever be able to effectively address the challenges it faces.

Hassan Rouhani

#29. We are determined to provide for the nuclear fuel of such plants inside the country, at the hands of local Iranian scientists. We are going to follow on this path.

Hassan Rouhani

#30. I've said before that I am not a historian and that when it comes to speaking of the dimensions of the Holocaust, it is the historians that should reflect on it.

Hassan Rouhani

#31. I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Oscar Wilde

#32. In a world where global politics is no longer a zero-sum game, it is - or should be - counterintuitive to pursue one's interests without considering the interests of others.

Hassan Rouhani

#33. Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as well as its ethical standpoint.

Hassan Rouhani

#34. International politics is no longer a zero-sum game but a multi-dimensional arena where cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of blood feuds. World leaders are expected to lead in turning threats into opportunities.

Hassan Rouhani

#35. There's always new stuff, that's for sure.

Patti Smith

#36. The people, when they say 'Death to America!' - do you know what they are really saying? What they mean to say relates to the aggressive policies of the U.S. and intervention and meddling by the U.S.

Hassan Rouhani

#37. I'm not a historian. I'm a politician. What is important for us is that the countries of the region and the people grow closer to each other, and that they are able to prevent aggression and injustice.

Hassan Rouhani