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> [Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghanistan or Iraq is suspicious of outsiders and often resistant to change. I am not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/change-can-only-come-from-local-citizens-and-politicians-it-cannot-be/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

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## More by Rory Stewart

> [This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/this-idea-that-failure-is-not-an-option-it-makes-failure-invisible/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, 'You can't afford to break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/if-a-relationship-is-going-wrong-if-a-marriage-is-going-wrong-the/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [ “He \[Babur\] was a ype of mastiff, bred to fight against wolves, dogs, and humans. . . . The mastiff is perhaps the oldest… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/he-babur-was-a-ype-of-mastiff-bred-to-fight-against-wolves-dogs-and/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/the-politicians-think-the-journalists-have-power-the-journalists/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [“I recited and followed this song-of-the-places-in-between as a map.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/i-recited-and-followed-this-song-of-the-places-in-between-as-a-map/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [The Afghan government is much better informed, much more intrusive and ambitious than I had guessed. There are amazing craftsmen in Kabul but few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/the-afghan-government-is-much-better-informed-much-more-intrusive-and/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [I have planted over 6,000 trees at home in Scotland, some of them oak. I'd like my children to be able to watch them grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/i-have-planted-over-6-000-trees-at-home-in-scotland-some-of-them-oak/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [“Man's life is brief and transitory, Literature endures forever”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/man-s-life-is-brief-and-transitory-literature-endures-forever/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [If things are going wrong in a country, it's not usually that we don't have enough foreigners. It's usually that we have too many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/if-things-are-going-wrong-in-a-country-it-s-not-usually-that-we-don-t/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/for-politicians-to-be-honest-the-public-needs-to-allow-them-to-be/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [“My feet beat out a steady muffled rhythm. My thoughts participated in each step, never getting ahead of me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/my-feet-beat-out-a-steady-muffled-rhythm-my-thoughts-participated-in/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [I left things out - my motivations, my history, my emotional responses - because I am not good at understanding them or writing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/i-left-things-out-my-motivations-my-history-my-emotional-responses/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [I like connecting to places by foot, and I'm interested in experiencing how somewhere like Crieff connects to somewhere like London.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/i-like-connecting-to-places-by-foot-and-i-m-interested-in/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [Religions . . . seem to avoid mountain passes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/religions-seem-to-avoid-mountain-passes/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

> [Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/democracy-is-not-simply-a-question-of-structures-it-is-a-state-of/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

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