Warren Christopher Quotes

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• Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.
• The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.
• The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
• I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the…
• I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be…
• It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a…
• 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 city…
• I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.
• 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 we…
• My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in…
• When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
• I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13.…
• To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a corner, then you're…
• Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one…
• It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has…
• 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 satisfactory.
• It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
• One always wonders about roads not taken.
• We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue…
• Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile…

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