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> [Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/probably-the-most-useful-thing-i-can-do-as-secretary-of-state-is-to/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

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## More by Warren Christopher

> [When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/when-i-was-a-very-young-lawyer-i-had-a-senior-partner-who-advised-me/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/environmental-degradation-overpopulation-refugees-narcotics-terrorism/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/i-had-all-of-one-nanosecond-to-savor-the-news-before-we-had-to-move/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/i-ve-got-many-close-friends-but-there-s-an-awful-lot-about-friendship/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/hamas-the-opponents-of-arafat-the-opponents-of-peace-urged-a-boycott/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/we-have-a-human-rights-interest-then-there-is-the-immigration-problem/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/i-m-very-skeptical-about-the-good-intentions-of-milosevic/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/the-stakes-are-very-high-for-us-in-haiti-we-have-many-important/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/only-two-countries-in-this-hemisphere-are-not-democratic-but-many/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/i-ask-the-philippines-government-to-put-an-end-to-journalists/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/it-s-very-important-to-always-put-things-in-their-historical-contexts/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/we-ve-worked-with-president-yeltsin-he-is-the-president-of-the/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/both-sides-were-supposed-to-release-all-their-prisoners-those-were/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/i-don-t-want-to-talk-about-intelligence-matters-i-will-say-however/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

> [The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-christopher/the-united-states-has-done-more-for-the-war-crimes-tribunal-than-any/)

[Warren Christopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-christopher/)

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