Countries Quote by Richard Holbrooke Download Open image “We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.” — Richard Holbrooke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Countries Democracy Even Imperfect Should Surprised Western
No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes because, unlike them,… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist many other… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life. — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who attacked us… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect, to be foreordained, a… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
The United States supports the reintegration of people who have fought with the Taliban into Afghan society provided they: one, renounce al Qaeda, two,… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
You will never catch up with the spread of AIDS no matter how much money, no matter how many antiretrovirals are put into the… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they… — Salman Khurshid Copy Share Image
We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab… — Mordechai Vanunu Copy Share Image
It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of… — Ahmed Ben Bella Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're in different countries, everything has become so homogenised and there's a Starbucks and McDonald's everywhere, and you could feel like you're… — Will Yun Lee Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far… — Penelope Spheeris Copy Share Image
In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image
I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
