Failure Quote by Jacob Weisberg Download Open image “The invasion of Iraq was, in ways that have since become hard to dispute, a terrible mistake.” — Jacob Weisberg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failure Hard Invasion Invasion Iraq Iraq Iraq Ways Israel Mistake Terrible Terrible Mistake
I have said the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. But I think if we're ever going to really tackle the problems posed by… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam Hussein in charge of affairs. — John Dingell Copy Share Image
The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there. — John Dingell Copy Share Image
It [the Iraq invasion] was absolutely an error. It's obviously clear the evaluation of weapons of mass destruction proved not to be correct. That's… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Mistakes, after all, are endemic to foreign and military policy given the unpredictability of events and the difficulty of securing reliable information in a… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
I don't think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability that we're seeing right… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
U.S. military action in Iraq: It sure didn't work out well last time. Let's not make that mistake again. — Alan Grayson Copy Share Image
The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities before the invasion were inaccurate, wrong, and in some cases, deliberately misleading. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time. — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
America is a mistake, admittedly a gigantic mistake, but a mistake nevertheless. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
As far apart as they are theologically, Mormons and evangelical Christians may have more in common with each other anthropologically than they do with… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Seeing the rich and famous screw up makes us feel superior, or at least not quite so inferior. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Trade, tourism, cultural exchange, and participation in international institutions all serve to erode the legitimacy of repressive regimes. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and dangerous governments… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
You may or may not agree with Obama's policy prescriptions, but they are, by and large, serious attempts to deal with the biggest issues… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
In practice, conservatives are no less inclined than liberals to adopt superior stances or to tell people how to live their lives. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The leader who loves books that tell him he is great and right may be worse than the leader who does not love books… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes in the… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Members of the middle class do not have to worry about falling off $250,000 sailboats because they don't have $250,000 sailboats to fall off of. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
In authoritarian societies, cultural institutions tend to become ideological proxies - think of the National Ballet in Cuba or the East German gymnastics team. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take… — Kym Marsh Copy Share Image
Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes,… — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
“Rhiannon's Law #28: If you're going to fuck up, be sure to fuck up good and proper. Nothing makes failure acceptable, so you might… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
First action was a mistake. What about the second? third? fourth and fifth?...Mehn you are bad... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“Our failure to understand another being's inner reality doesn't make that reality any less real, or any less valuable to that being. (p.255)” — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad… — Tom Segev Copy Share Image
Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life. — Michael Savage Copy Share Image