James Zogby Quotations

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.