"I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation,……" — Paddy Ashdown

"I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth."

— Paddy Ashdown

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32 Quotes by Paddy Ashdown

Paddy Ashdown has 32 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

At the next election he'll offer the British public an alternative that provides weight and substance and seriousness in a…
I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.
I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC…
We have to make their livelihoods viable, get them the proper prices for their produce, try and make them stay…
It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it…
The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context…
The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is…
The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.
Now we are intimately locked together. You get swine flu in Mexico; it’s a problem for Charles de Gaulle Airport…
One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians,…
I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

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More Bosnia Quotes

This quote is filed under Bosnia Quotes, one of 56 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Now that I'm suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer more than I ever did before. The other night,… — Morrie Schwartz
Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered.… — P.J. O'Rourke
A lot of people have warned President Clinton that Bosnia will turn into another Vietnam, which would be embarrassing for… — Bill Maher
Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations… — Edward James Olmos
It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on… — Jello Biafra
In Sarajevo and in Syria, these are societies - in Bosnia, in Serbia, in Kosovo, in Syria - where ethnicities… — Anne-Marie Slaughter
In just one year in Bosnia, thirty of my colleagues died. There is a little Somme waiting for all innocent… — Robert Fisk
I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as… — John Keegan
Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an… — Christiane Amanpour
Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a… — Jill Dando
I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country. — Emir Kusturica
I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia. — Fatos Nano

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