America Quotes by Richard N. Haass

Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort…

— Richard N. Haass

There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is.

— Richard N. Haass

Security is the absolute precondition for sustainable recovery from conflict; without it, people cannot rebuild their country or return to school or work.

— Richard N. Haass

When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at…

— Richard N. Haass

Americans never would alter the way entitlement programs are funded or education administered without serious study and widespread debate.

— Richard N. Haass

Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

— Richard N. Haass

America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally.

— Richard N. Haass

No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us.

— Richard N. Haass

Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use.

— Richard N. Haass

No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option.

— Richard N. Haass

The rise of populism is in part a response to stagnating incomes and job loss, owing mostly to new technologies but widely attributed to…

— Richard N. Haass

We all have some basic obligation to one another.

— Richard N. Haass