Appeasement Quotes

32 quotes by 27 authors

Appeasement, said Winston Churchill, consists of being nice to a crocodile in the hope that he will eat you last. At the moment, the biggest… — John Naughton
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that… — Douglas MacArthur
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
Admittedly, there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies… — Ronald Reagan
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way. — Anthony Eden
The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both costly… — John Stott
Art is either a complaint or appeasement. — Jasper Johns
"Appeasement" is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Modern man has been in search of a new language of form to satisfy new longings and aspirations - longings for mental appeasement, aspirations to… — Herbert Read
Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left… — Barack Obama
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason. — William Allen White
Giving in to the forces of low ambition would be an act of climate appeasement. This is our Munich moment. — Chris Huhne
Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last. — Winston Churchill
The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible… — Paddy Ashdown
The era of procrastination...is coming to a close...we are entering a period of consequences - Winston Churchill (warning about the danger of appeasement — Al Gore
There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil. — Ronald Reagan
Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work. — Hubert H. Humphrey
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers. — Ronald Reagan
President Obama Tastes the Bitter Fruit of Appeasement...of Israel, not Iran — Peter Lee
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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