“The Greek people are a difficult if not impossible people to tame, and for this reason we must strike deep into their cultural roots: perhaps then we can force them to conform. I mean, of course, to strike at their language, their religion, their cultural and historical reserves, so that we can neutralise their ability to develop, to distinguish themselves or to prevail, thereby removing them as an obstacle to our strategically vital plans in the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.”
Henry Kissinger, reportedly in 1994

“When we were trying to convince Turkey to allow the passage of our troops through its territory in northern Iraq, we gave Turkey two motives: several billion dollars in the form of donations and loans and Cyprus in the form of the Annan plan.”
Daniel Fried (member of the National Security Council and special advisor to President Bush), 26 June 2004

“…we continued to be day-dreamers. We continue to be so even when we are told in our face that we are a pawn. At present, we are proud of ourselves as revolu-tionaries for having successfully planned with our occupiers the process of putting ourselves inan icebox as valuable hostages.”
Sener Levent in Turkish Cypriot newspaper Afrika, 25 October 2004

“The Turkish Cypriot leaders have adhered to a rigid stand against any measures which might involve having members of the two com-munities live and work together… the Turkish Cypriot leadership is committed to physical and geographical separation of the communities as a political goal… The result has been a seemingly deliberate policy of self-segregation by the Turkish Cypriots.”
United Nations Report S/6426 of the UN Secretary General 10 June 1964