James Zogby Quotations

If we expect credit, or expect that this somehow is responsive to the anger of those who have become alienated from the United States, it's not.

He is understanding of the concerns. He is someone whom we've known and worked for a long time, many of us, and we feel confident that he is a person with whom we can work.

He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world,

I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.

Some of the biggest battles, recognition of the Palestinians as a real people and ending stereotypes were achieved. We now can refer to this moment as the date when it became possible to have a different discussion about Palestinians.

We continue to oppose the use of military force and think that there's a very significant risk of grave unrest in the Arab world.

The fact is, this creates more of a chill than cooperation.

There's nothing more dangerous than a panicked politician.

NSEERS was so poorly conceived and badly managed that it created chaos and fear. Trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement was severely strained and, in the end, there was no evidence that any terrorists were apprehended as a result of the effort.

I think they need to remove the general. He is unfit for the position he is being called upon to serve, precisely because he's become a liability. He's become a weapon our enemies will use against us.

Bizarre policies were implemented by the government post-9/11, ... But the pendulum's going back because a whole lot of people are pushing it back.

common consensus of Arab-Americans and Jewish-Americans for a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

When you have members of Congress literally tripping over themselves to run to a microphone and they're saying, 'The Arabs are coming, the Arabs are coming,' preying off that fear because it's an Arab country, that constitutes bigotry.

We see Arabs as an objectified problem. We see the culture as less than ours, we see them as more violent than we are.

As long as these kids grow up not only in an economic underclass but excluded from being French or Dutch it's problematic. When people in my community get angry about American foreign policy they get angry as citizens and they fight back as citizens. The process is more open to including them.

Our silence in the face of the horrific abuses that are taking place on a daily basis in fact are causing people throughout the Middle East to ask serious questions about America and about its commitment to its values.

This really is no more than Arab-phobia. For these politicians, the national interest of the United States is synonymous with their next election. They're not thinking this is a real threat. It's an election year, it's an Arab country, and there's a post-9/11 insecurity they can exploit. It's a lethal brew, and they're stirring it for all it's worth.

In this region, as well, in many places, workers, be they Palestinians or other Arabs or south Asians, are trapped in horrible conditions, denied justice and their basic humanity.

Societies, even those claiming to be just societies, are often built on the backs of an underclass ... What is happening in Paris now happened in the United States in the 1960s.

And the reason why people are afraid is because leadership led them down this path, it exploited the fear, the concern, and it used an Arab bogeyman to do it.

The bottom line is that NSEERS is a failed and unfair program. An understaffed INS (Immigration and Naturalization Services) couldn't implement the program and almost 14,000 of those who complied were placed in deportation proceedings.

The country is wasting its resources in trying to reach out to the Americans through their media. Such a strategy has turned out to be counter-productive.

a coherent policy that can punish the regime while offering sustenance and hope to the people of Iraq.

That is language that is so irresponsible, so reprehensible, I think he should be ashamed. As a country, it has been a consistent ally. The State Department describes them as a vital partner. I don't know why, unless it's simply that it's an Arab country, that he feels he can go over the top and use language of that sort.

They have a surplus of capital, and they're doing quite well.

What started this and drives this is bigotry.

It was a very good meeting. He's listening and he's setting a good tone. We've still got some problems to work through, especially detention and profiling.

They recognized the Taliban, as did Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, because the United States wanted them to.