Status quo Quote by Jan Willem Honig

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of…

— Jeffrey Sachs

There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve…

— Mahmoud Abbas

We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave…

— Anonymous

The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.

— Samantha Power

If the American military begins to withdrawal, there will be no need for these armed groups.

— Muqtada al Sadr

We must permanently reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban and the restrictions on high capacity magazines.

— Kerry Kennedy

It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems.

— Stephen Harper

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

— Mao Zedong

Even when you sign a treaty like I think [Richard] Nixon did, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, George W. Bush reneged on it. He got…

— Jerry Brown

If nothing is declared unchangeable, then the organization will resist all change.

— Tom DeMarco

I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy.

— Henry A. Kissinger