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George Galloway
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“What a silly question! What a silly person you are! Hezbollah is winning the war; you can see on the other half of the screen. Hezbollah is more popular today in Lebanon amongst Christians, amongst Sunnis, amongst Shiite, amongst all Arabs, amongst all Muslims that it has ever been. It’s Israel who’s lost the war, and Bush and Blair for politically organizing the war, who’ve lost politically. This is a defeat of Bush and Blair and Israel. Everybody but you can see it!”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview on Sky News (6 August 2006).
“You don’t give a damn! You don’t give a damn, you don’t even know about the Palestinian families! You don’t even know that they exist! Tell me the name of one member of the seven members of the same family slaughtered on the beach in Gaza by an Israeli warship. You don’t even know their names! But you know the name of every Israeli soldier who has been taken prisoner in this conflict. Because you believe whether you know it or not that Israeli blood is more valuable than the blood of Lebanese or Palestinians. That’s the truth, and the discerning of your viewers already know it.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview on Sky News (6 August 2006).
“Well, I don’t agree that it’s genocide, but I definitely agree that there’s suffering going on there.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Talksport Radio (2 September 2006).
“These extremist Islamists locked me in a room and threatened to hang me because we are the democratic alternative to them. We say to young Muslims: we know that you’re angry, you’re right to be angry. But the best way to be angry is to hit the government where it hurts, through politics, through the ballot box, through elections, through engaging with non-Muslims to build a broad front to bring about a change in policies at home and abroad.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Talksport Radio (3 September 2006).
“Christianity doesn't come into it. George Bush and Tony Blair are not Christians. Religious people believe in the prophets, peace be upon them. Bush believes in the profits and how to get a piece of them. So don't ever confuse this with a war of civilizations.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos of the CBC's The Hour (20 November 2006).
“The roots of this problem definitely are in the fact that not enough groups, trends, parties or individual personalities came into Respect [...] Therefore the perception was created that it was an organisation dominated by the SWP, who have form, or dominated by me, or, later, dominated by Muslims.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As cited in "Car crash on the left", Red Pepper (December 2007).
“Hamas won the only democratic election ever held in the Arab world so how they can be tyrants I really don't know [...] I am not in favour of Hamas but I am in favour of democracy.”
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“Because I don't believe that the government of Iran is a dictatorship I have no problem about working for Press TV in London which is a British owned television station. I'm not responsible for the government of Ahmedinijad. I'm not responsible for the leadership of Press TV.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking to London School of Economics students (7 March 2011), as cited in "George Galloway: Gaza war as bad as WW2", The Jewish Chronicle (9 March 2011).
“Let me tell you, I think that Julian Assange's personal sexual behaviour is something sordid, disgusting, and I condemn it. But ... Even taken at its worst, if the allegations made by these two women were true, 100 per cent true, and even if a camera in the room captured them, they don’t constitute rape. At least not rape as anyone with any sense can possibly recognise it.”
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“[One of the women] Claims that she woke up to him having sex with her again. This is something which can happen, you know. I mean not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion.”
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“It might be really sordid and bad sexual etiquette, but whatever else it is, it is not rape or you bankrupt the term rape of all meaning.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comments on a video podcast Good night with George Galloway, cited by Alex Hern "George Galloway: Assange is only accused of 'bad sexual etiquette'" New Statesman (20 August 2012).
“Are you an Israeli? I don't debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Guardian debate at Christ Church, Oxford University concerning Israel in the West Bank (21 February 2013).
“I refused this evening at Oxford University to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the apartheid state of Israel. The reason is simple: no recognition, no normalisation. Just boycott, divestment and sanctions, until the apartheid state is defeated. I never debate with Israelis nor speak to their media. If they want to speak about Palestine – the address is the PLO.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Facebook post cited in The Guardian Oxford debate about Israel in the West Bank (21 February 2013).
“Thatcher described Nelson Mandela as a "terrorist". I was there. I saw her lips move. May she burn in the hellfires...Tramp the dirt down.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Guardian reaction to the death of former British prime minster Margret Thatcher on Twitter (9 April 2013).
“I am in the House of Commons every day; I just do not want to vote for Tweedledum or Tweedledee”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Response to poor voting record in the House of Commons (16 April 2013).
“It's not just people with a percentage of the vote who have the right to speak. All of us have the right to speak. What happened to Farage looked ugly in the rest of the country and the rest of the world. And the SNP I fear will take you down a road where grudge is everything.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Express During an interview on Question time with Nigel Farage condemning the hostility shown by the Scottish people (14 June 2013).
“It was al Qaeda who used the chemical weapons. Who gave al Qaeda the chemical weapons? Here's my theory: Israel gave them the chemical weapons.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an appearance on Press TV (August 2013), as cited in "Syria conflict and Commons vote: as it happened", The Telegraph (30 August 2013).
“I don’t begrudge the Labour members here their moment of celebration of course [...] But there will be others who are already celebrating: the venal, the vile, the racists and the Zionists will all be celebrating. The hyena can bounce on the lion’s grave but it can never be a lion and in any case, I’m not in my grave. As a matter of fact I’m going off now to plan the next campaign.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Jenn Selby in "George Galloway blames 'racists and Zionists' for defeat to Naz Shah in Bradford West" The Independent (8 May 2015).
“I've always been a Labour man. I consider myself real Labour. I've never been a Marxist, or a Trotskyist, or any other kind of –ist other than a Labourist. If it weren't for Mr Blair and the Iraq war, I would never have been out of the party in the first place.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LBC Radio interview, July 2015, quoted in Lucy Fisher and Ashley Cowburn, "Labour tells Galloway he isn’t welcome", The Times, 18 September 2015.
“[On Nigel Farage] We are not pals. We are allies in one cause. Like Churchill and Stalin...”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Twitter (13 February 2016), as cited in "George Galloway compares relationship with Nigel Farage to Churchill and Stalin", The Independent (21 February 2016).
“The 'All-Asian short-list' hand-picked by Keith Vaz is just not good enough for the people of Gorton, one of the most deprived constituencies in Britain The short-listing, which excluded many better candidates, is the latest in a long line of insults delivered by mainstream parties to local communities.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As cited in "George Galloway to stand as Independent in Manchester Gorton by-election", ITV News (21 March 2017).
“If the Bank of England is “independent” who took the decision to steal Venezuela's gold?”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter (30 January 2019).
“While the so-called European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to recognise a man in the street as President of Venezuela, the African Union voted unanimously to endorse the presidency of Maduro and Venezuelan sovereignty. Just think about that...”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter (31 January 2019).
“The former MP posted on the social media site after the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham on Saturday night. He praised Liverpool's win, before adding: "No #Israël flags on the Cup!" - appearing to reference Tottenham's strong links with the Jewish community...He defended the comment, claiming a number of Tottenham fans were flying the flag of Israel in the crowd and it showed an affiliation to a "racist state".”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "George Galloway sacked by talkRADIO over allegedly anti-Semitic tweet" BBC (3 June 2019)
“[Referring to pro-democracy protesters] These people should know that Hong Kong is China. No country, absolutely no country, will allow an existential threat to emerge on its territory, to its own sovereignty, without responding in a way that brings the situation under control.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed on CGTN (Beijing), cited in "George Galloway defends China over Hong Kong protests" The Times (17 August 2019).
“We are not ashamed of our country's flag. Citizens of other states wave their flags, proudly. Why should the people of Britain not be proud of their state? (on Facebook, 26 February 2021)”
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“I'm voting #Tory with my first vote for the incumbent MSP. And then for myself and [other A4U candidates] on the list. Now THAT is @Alliance4Unity.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Facebook entry & tweet, as cited in "George Galloway to vote Tory to try and stop Scottish independence", The National (1 March 2021).
“As the father of five mixed-race children I treat #Humza's accusation that I'm a racist with contempt.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Response to Humza Yousaf, as cited in "Humza Yousaf hits back at George Galloway’s 'race-baiting' comments", The Standard (18 March 2021).
“[M]ake Rochdale great again.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Campaign slogan during the 2024 Rochdale by-election, as cited in "", BBC News (1 March 2024).
“Princess Kate has been missing for almost 80 days. There've been three faked photos and millions of rumours. What are the royals covering up? Is she dead or has she downed tools?”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweet/post on X (14 March 2024), as cited in "George Galloway damned by MPs as 'stain on democracy' for 'lurid untruths' about Princess of Wales", The Telegraph (23 March 2024)
“We did not suspend our democracy in our darkest hours why are we suspending it now? the fawning over Thatcher had gone too far... This put the tin hat on it the idea that we should suspend a vital part of our democratic process for a party political and private funeral, Mr Churchill didn’t ask for Parliament to be silenced, for confrontations across the House to be forbidden. When our soldiers were being laid waste in the Norway debate, the House of Commons perhaps rose to its finest 20th Century moment. Nobody said: "Our armed forces have suffered a disaster, the House of Commons cannot meet, the clash of ideas cannot be heard, we must muffle the drums and silence ourselves.”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Mirror George Galloway blasts cancellation of PMQs for Margaret Thatchers funeral (16 April 2013).
“During my time in Venezuela... when I looked at the news stands it astonished me that the vast majority of the newspapers and the magazines owned by the rich were spewing out their anti-Chavez propaganda... the people who told you that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that we must invade and destroy Iraq... that we must invade & destroy Libya for freedom and democracy... invade and destroy Syria in the interests of human rights & democracy... and many other places in the world. The same people who told you all these lies are telling you to hate Nicolas Maduro... [they] want to march you into yet another disaster... ask yourself.... If they were lying then why are they telling the truth now? ...Viva Venezuela, Viva Chavez, Viva Maduro!!”
George Galloway (born 1954) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 22 min. talk on Twitter (31 January 2019).