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Robert Fisk Quotes

Israel lost its war. Will Assad’s enemies lose, too? Picture Quote #1

We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book ‘Great War of Civilization,’ and my father was a solider in the First World War which produced the current Middle East - not that he had much to do with that - but he fought in what he believed was the Great War for Civilization Picture Quote #1

President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a ‘world order’ dreamed up by a clutch of fantasists advising the Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld Picture Quote #1

Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into those buildings. And we should remember that. The crimes against humanity were perpetrated by people who were Arab Muslims Picture Quote #1

When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure whether I’ve been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought: ‘You can’t rewind the movie. I’ve spent more than half my life in the Middle East. There have been great moments of horror and depression and loneliness.’ Picture Quote #1

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One of the reasons why I think people have gone from reading mainstream newspapers to the Internet is because they realize they’re being lied to Picture Quote #1

The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven’t said Picture Quote #1

A businessman admits that he ‘let go’ an employee because he was a Sunni Muslim. You simply have to look after yourself, he explains. I am shocked, like a good Westerner should be Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other Picture Quote #1

The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez’s interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar Picture Quote #1

The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war Picture Quote #1

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In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that? Picture Quote #1

In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists Picture Quote #1

When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look around and say, who recently has been declaring war on the United States? Of course, the compass points straight to bin Laden Picture Quote #1

President Bush will come here and there will be new “friends” of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who “liberated” them Picture Quote #1

I do not make stories up, full stop Picture Quote #1

Colleagues will malign you if you’re a moderately successful journalist Picture Quote #1

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Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists Picture Quote #1

And history s fingers never relax their grip, never leave us unmolested, can touch us even when we would never imagine their presence Picture Quote #1

War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit Picture Quote #1

U.S. journalists I don’t think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government’s policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive Picture Quote #1

It’s a journalist’s job to be a witness to history. We’re not there to worry about ourselves. We’re there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out Picture Quote #1

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Israel lost its war. Will Assad’s enemies lose, too? (Robert Fisk Quotes) We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book ‘Great War of Civilization,’ and my father was a solider in the First World War which produced the current Middle East - not that he had much to do with that - but he fought in what he believed was the Great War for Civilization. (Robert Fisk Quotes) President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a ‘world order’ dreamed up by a clutch of fantasists advising the Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld. (Robert Fisk Quotes) Whatever the political injustices are that created an environment that brought this about, it was not Americans who flew those planes into those buildings. And we should remember that. The crimes against humanity were perpetrated by people who were Arab Muslims. (Robert Fisk Quotes) When I saw the pictures of New York without the World Trade Center, New York looked like a shadow of itself. (Robert Fisk Quotes) I’m not sure whether I’ve been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought: ‘You can’t rewind the movie. I’ve spent more than half my life in the Middle East. There have been great moments of horror and depression and loneliness.’ (Robert Fisk Quotes) One of the reasons why I think people have gone from reading mainstream newspapers to the Internet is because they realize they’re being lied to. (Robert Fisk Quotes) The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven’t said. (Robert Fisk Quotes) A businessman admits that he ‘let go’ an employee because he was a Sunni Muslim. You simply have to look after yourself, he explains. I am shocked, like a good Westerner should be. (Robert Fisk Quotes) I’ve never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other. (Robert Fisk Quotes) The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez’s interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar (Robert Fisk Quotes) The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war (Robert Fisk Quotes) In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that? (Robert Fisk Quotes) In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent journalists (Robert Fisk Quotes) When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look around and say, who recently has been declaring war on the United States? Of course, the compass points straight to bin Laden (Robert Fisk Quotes) President Bush will come here and there will be new “friends” of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who “liberated” them (Robert Fisk Quotes) I do not make stories up, full stop (Robert Fisk Quotes) Colleagues will malign you if you’re a moderately successful journalist (Robert Fisk Quotes) Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists (Robert Fisk Quotes) And history s fingers never relax their grip, never leave us unmolested, can touch us even when we would never imagine their presence (Robert Fisk Quotes) War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit (Robert Fisk Quotes) U.S. journalists I don’t think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government’s policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive (Robert Fisk Quotes) It’s a journalist’s job to be a witness to history. We’re not there to worry about ourselves. We’re there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out (Robert Fisk Quotes)