One might have thought that the Cold War's conclusion would have convinced the Left that appeasement of dictators is not profitable. — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous. — George Allen Copy Share Image
If anything good is going to emerge out of this, it's going to be the result of an acceptable modus vivendi between… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the… — William Safire Copy Share Image
It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The era of appeasement must come to an end. The political and social demands that dissidents are making of the universities do… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
“What decent philosopher was ever an appeaser? The former is a rare catch among the multitudes of modern opinionists. His role is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“The Russian contribution to peace in Ukraine is not sufficient. [German Chancellor commenting on 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and annexation… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
