Democracy Quote by David Ignatius

Panic is a natural human response to danger, but it's one that severely compounds the risk.

— David Ignatius

Global warming ... may be a plaintiff lawyer's dream. And it's interesting, in a perverse way, to imagine how a jury in 2050 might…

— David Ignatius

Fear brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It's a test of character, for individuals and nations.

— David Ignatius

It's very hard to understand just what our strategy is in Syria, frankly, and on Iraq that this is Iraq's war, that the role…

— David Ignatius

I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq.

— David Ignatius

If you want to hear arguments against deploying a big U.S. ground force in Syria, just ask a general.

— David Ignatius

“If you are one in a million in China, you’re one of 1,300 people.”

— David Ignatius

2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and…

— David Ignatius

Big mistakes were made in Benghazi, and people should be held accountable. But the brave officers who staff American posts in crisis zones know…

— David Ignatius

Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.

— David Ignatius

Foreign policy is about the execution of ideas as much as their formulation.

— David Ignatius

The best restraint is old-fashioned market discipline, in which financial traders know that they, personally, will lose a ton of money if they take…

— David Ignatius