"To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists……" — Lakhdar Brahimi
"To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore."
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33 Quotes by Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimi has 33 quotes on this site.
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Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings…
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In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops…
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Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite…
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a…
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There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who…
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The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and…
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Afghanistan is a land-locked country.
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There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the…
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But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like…
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I…
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Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while…
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers.…
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Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books:…
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That faculty of beholding at a hint the face of his desire and the shape of his dream, without which…
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The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
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We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only alive.
— Alexander Eliot
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Chance is the providence of adventurers.
— Laurence Sterne
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I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Adventurer: he that goes to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one…
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He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith. He had decided, the night before, that he…
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Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the…
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None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with…
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