„The free world should not wait for dictatorial regimes to consent to reform.“

„To reform the world - means to reform upbringing…“

—  Janusz Korczak Polish physician and writer 1878 - 1942

„The developed world should neither shelter nor militarily destabilize authoritarian regimes—unless those regimes represent an imminent threat to the national security of other states. Developed states should instead work to create the conditions most favorable for a closed regime’s safe passage through the least stable segment of the J curve—however and whenever the slide toward instability comes. And developed states should minimize the risk these states pose the rest of the world as their transition toward modernity begins.“

—  Ian Bremmer American political scientist 1969

The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall (2006).

„We live in a quickly changing world, therefore we must foretell developments, and reforms should respond to these changes.“

—  Tigran Sargsyan Economist, politician 1960

RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s Remarks at the Annual Meeting of RA National Academy of Sciences (22 April 2009) http://www.gov.am/en/speeches/1/item/2853/
2009

„Wait until the world is free before you write a creed.
In this creed there will be but one word — Liberty.“

—  Robert G. Ingersoll Union United States Army officer 1833 - 1899

The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
Контексте: There has never been upon the earth a generation of free men and women. It is not yet time to write a creed. Wait until the chains are broken — until dungeons are not regarded as temples. Wait until solemnity is not mistaken for wisdom — until mental cowardice ceases to be known as reverence. Wait until the living are considered the equals of the dead — until the cradle takes precedence of the coffin. Wait until what we know can be spoken without regard to what others may believe. Wait until teachers take the place of preachers — until followers become investigators. Wait until the world is free before you write a creed.
In this creed there will be but one word — Liberty.

„I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you don't wait, you may have to deal with pesky criminal charges like kidnapping and rape.“

—  Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Источник: Magic Bleeds

„The establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.“

—  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1956

Quoted in: " Viewpoints: Iran’s Call for the Destruction of Israel http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2170.cfm" at Worldpress.org October 30, 2005
2005, The World without Zionism, 2005

„So I wait for the day
when I'll hear the key
as it turns in the lock
And the guard will say to me,
"Oh my patient prisoner
you waited for this day and finally,
you are free!
You are free!
You are free!"“

—  Conor Oberst American musician 1980

From A Balance Beam
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

„The free world must put pressure on Iran. It should no longer give in to the nuclear blackmail of a terrorist regime that is seeking to acquire the [atomic] bomb. The outside world should play the card of Iranians themselves, talking, no longer to the jailers, but to those who are jailed. One should no longer fall into the trap of changing seats for the cards are the same even if different ones are put on the table every now and then. What is necessary is a democratic civil disobedience campaign supported by the international community. From now on, the confrontation is inevitable.“

—  Reza Pahlavi Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran 1960

As quoted by Michel Bole-Richard, The regime is archaic. The country is on the brink of explosion http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=4&page=6, Le Monde, June 18, 2005.
Interviews, 2005

„[The Soviet government] is the most realistic regime in the world — no ideals.“

—  Golda Meir former prime minister of Israel 1898 - 1978

Источник: https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=WWMHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA132&dq=%5BThe+Soviet+government%5D+is+the+most+realistic+regime+in+the+world+%E2%80%94+no+ideals.&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=YpSgVOShKoyogwT9loTIAg&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%5BThe%20Soviet%20government%5D%20is%20the%20most%20realistic%20regime%20in%20the%20world%20%E2%80%94%20no%20ideals.&f=false

„The world will not reform for all your meddling.“

—  Molière, The Misanthrope

Et c’est une folie, à nulle autre, seconde,
De vouloir se mêler de corriger le monde.
As published in Le Misanthrope, Molière, tr. Curtis Hidden Page, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (1913), p. 12
Variant translation: Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
As contained in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, ed. Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press (1993), p.772 : ISBN 0231071949
Act I, sc. 1, lines 155-156 (Philinte)
Le Misanthrope (1666)

„Well," said Dr Jochum, "you are like all reformers. You like to reform the world because it is easier than trying to reform yourself.“

—  Malcolm Bradbury English author and academic 1932 - 2000

Page 111.
Stepping Westward (1965)

„Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.“

—  John Lancaster Spalding Catholic bishop 1840 - 1916

Источник: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 199

„We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.“

—  George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States 1946

2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)

„All the ousted regimes, as well as the oppressive regimes that have hung on during the Arab Spring, have now blessed Egypt's coup…a blossoming democracy in Cairo can easily spread throughout the Arab world…Those who support freedom and democracy in the Middle East, however, should resist the new tyranny in Cairo with all their might.“

—  Tawakkol Karman Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1979

2010s, Morsy is the Arab World's Mandela (2013)

„To affirm that humans thrive in many different ways is not to deny that there are universal human values. Nor is it to reject the claim that there should be universal human rights. It is to deny that universal values can only be fully realized in a universal regime. Human rights can be respected in a variety of regimes, liberal and otherwise. Universal human rights are not an ideal constitution for a single regime throughout the world, but a set of minimum standards for peaceful coexistence among regimes that will always remain different.“

—  John Gray British philosopher 1948

Two Faces of Liberalism (New Press, 2000, ISBN 0-745-62259-3. 168 pages), ch. 1: Liberal Toleration (p. 21)

„A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.“

—  Ezra Pound American Imagist poet and critic 1885 - 1972

„Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.“

—  Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers

Источник: Oresteia (458 BC), The Libation Bearers, line 103

„I think that the only way that we deal with Syria is to join hands with Russia to diplomatically bring that at an end. But when we’ve aligned ourselves with — when we’ve supported the opposition of the Free Syrian Army — the Free Syrian Army is also coupled with the Islamists. And then the fact that we’re also supporting the Kurds and this is — it’s just — it’s just a mess. And that this is the result of regime change that we end up supporting. And, inevitably, these regime changes have led a less-safe world. … That has to be the solution, is joining hands with Russia to bring — to bring this civil war to an end.“

—  Gary Johnson American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico 1953

2016

„For three decades the regime has been effective in squashing its citizenry and monopolizing all communications with the outside world. That must end. Let us remember that the iron curtain could also not have fallen without the tacit support of the free world. Iranians too deserve this same kind of help.“

—  Reza Pahlavi Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran 1960

As quoted by Christoph Lehermayr, Der Sohn des Schahs spricht exklusiv mit NEWS.at: "Ich bin bereit, Konig zu werden" http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=397&page=3, NEWS.at, September 15, 2009.
Interviews, 2009