Appeasement Quote by Jose Maria Aznar Download Open image “Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.” — Jose Maria Aznar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Appeasement Appeasement Clever Clever Clever Policy Never Option Option Today Our Peace Policy Policy Option Should Today Very Very clever
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
At any rate, mutually assured destruction was never our policy. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is an increasing demand that the president and Secretary Hull get rid of the unteachable group in the State Department of men who… — Elmer Davis Copy Share Image
War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
“Appeasement was a policy put in place by Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister to try to avert war. His theory was that trying to prevent Germany from getting what it wanted would cause more harm than good in the long run. Therefore Britain’s official foreign policy would be that they would fulfill Germany’s wishes, “provided they appeared legitimate and… — Bill O'Neill Copy Share
The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it… — Paddy Ashdown Copy Share Image
Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
It is clear that no one will achieve any kind of objective through the force of violence, and that no one will make Spaniards… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
I'm not going to give President Bush any advice. He knows. He knows what I think. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention.… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
There is no possible negotiation with these killers. Our aim is to win over terrorism. Only by being firm we can stop terrorism. We… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Appeasement, said Winston Churchill, consists of being nice to a crocodile in the hope that he will eat you last. At the moment, the… — John Naughton Copy Share Image
(I)t is simply wrong to confuse cowardice with appeasement. Cowardice is a failing of character. Appeasement is a failure of policy. Stalin appeased Hitler… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
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… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both… — John Stott Copy Share Image
May I just single out for salutations, on the "anti-war" side: Pop Stars For Appeasement, Dancers Against Democracy, Actors For Apathy, Fashionistas For Fascism… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Appeasement is a vote to live in the present tense, to hold the comforts of the moment. — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way. — Anthony Eden Copy Share Image
If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
