217 Quotes by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.

The Iranian people insist on their legitimate right to develop peaceful nuclear technology and will not move from this right one iota.

It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.

The Iranian nation expects the French government to make good on the damage inflicted on Tehran-Paris relations in connection with the nuclear standoff,

Israel must be wiped off the map.

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.

The Iranian government will pursue the nation's rights through patience and wisdom,