Rex W. Tillerson quotes
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“Just remember that a pat on the back is only 18 inches from a kick in the behind.”
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“There have been over a million wells hydraulically fractured in the history of the industry, and there is not one, not one, reported case of a freshwater aquifer having ever been contaminated from hydraulic fracturing. Not one.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Burning Love" by Elizabeth Kolbert, www.newyorker.com. December 5, 2011.
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“I feel it's important that in advising the president, if confirmed, that I deal with facts, that I deal with sufficient information. Which means having access to all information.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.businessinsider.com
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“Once the ISIS threat has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria. We're hopeful that we can prevent a continuation of the civil war and that we can bring the parties to the table to begin the process of political discussions.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
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“People who speak up for freedom in regimes that are oppressive are often a threat.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“President Xi Jinping clearly understands, and I think agrees, that the situation in North Korea has intensified and has reached a certain level of threat that action has to be taken. And, indeed, the Chinese, even themselves, have said that they do not believe the conditions are right to engage in discussions with the government in Pyongyang. And so what I think we're hopeful is that we can work together with the Chinese to change the conditions in the minds of the DPRK leadership.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“It's important that we keep our priorities straight. And we believe that the first priority is the defeat of ISIS. That by defeating ISIS and removing their caliphate from their control, we've now eliminated at least or minimized a particular threat not just to the United States, but to the whole stability in the region.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
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“Russia and the USA are two largest nuclear powers in the world; it's a really important relationship. How do we start making this work? How do we live with one another? How do we work with one another? We simply have to find a way to go forward.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
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“We've seen what violent regime change looks like in Libya and the kind of chaos that can be unleashed. And, indeed, the kind of misery that it enacts on its own people.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“We are making tremendous progress that ISIS really does present to the homeland and to other homelands of allies around the world.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“I would want to be fully informed before advising the president.”
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“I think there's a shared view and no disagreement as to how dangerous the situation in North Korea has become. I think even China is beginning to recognize that this presents a threat to China's interests as well.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“The increase in the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are having an effect. Our ability to predict that effect is very limited.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“My understanding, I was not standing nearby, but my understanding is that President Xi Jinping said, "Well, no one should kill children." The Chinese have since issued their own statement on the Syria attack itself.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“As far as I know, the line of communication between the U.S. and Russia continues to be open and the battlefield commanders are able to communicate with one another. I am aware that there have been certain public statements made out of Moscow.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“I think the Russians need to think more carefully about the commitment they made under the chemical weapons agreements to be the guarantor that these weapons would be seized, they would be removed, they would be destroyed. And since they are Bashar al-Assad's ally, they would have the closest insight as to the compliance.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
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“Our priority in Syria, really hasn't changed. I think the President Donald Trump has been quite clear. First and foremost, we must defeat ISIS.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.cbsnews.com
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“I think what we're hopeful is through this Syrian process, working with coalition members, working with the U.N., and in particular working through the Geneva process, that we can navigate a political outcome in which the Syrian people, in fact, will determine Bashar al-Assad's fate and his legitimacy.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
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“We're hopeful that Russia will choose to play a constructive role in supporting ceasefires through their own Astana talks, but also, ultimately, through Geneva. And if we can achieve ceasefires in zones of stabilization in Syria, then I believe we will have the conditions to begin a useful political process.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
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“I think the Russians have played now for some time the role of providing cover for Bashar al-Assad's behavior. The alternative explanation that the Russians put forth is simply not plausible.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Can Tillerson convince Russia to rethink support for Assad?". www.foxnews.com. April 10, 2017.
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“Obviously, the United States' own founding principles are self-determination. And I think what the United States and our allies want to do is to enable the Syrian people to make that determination. You know, we've seen what violent regime change looks like in Libya and - and the kind of chaos that can be unleashed.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.
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“I've made my own comments as to our vales as well in a speech I gave to the State Department.”
-- Rex W. TillersonSource : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
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