"We should not be surprised that democracy is……" — Richard Holbrooke
"We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries."
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27 Quotes by Richard Holbrooke
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MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the…
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A world without the United Nations or with a paralyzed United Nations would be far more costly to all of…
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Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other…
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I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws…
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Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.
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In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect,…
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There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and…
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I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I…
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Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States…
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United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a…
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The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience…
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The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the…
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some…
— Michelle Bachelet
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I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that…
— Michele Bachmann
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I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
— Josephine Baker
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I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the…
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact…
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States,…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
— Gary Bauer
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Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for…
— Bob Beauprez
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In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
— Saul Bellow
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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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