Bosnia Quote by Paddy Ashdown

“My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.”

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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.

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I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.

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I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke.

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