Afghanistan Quote by Rory Stewart

I have never met a villager who does not want a vote.

— Rory Stewart

Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot…

— Hamid Karzai

On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting…

— Ross Kemp

A Western-style democracy in Afghanistan is a dream. I don't see that as a reality anytime soon. But I think some form of representative…

— Khaled Hosseini

I mean,you will have an Afghan government. There are two roads here. One is obviously a run-off election or a negotiated settlement. But what's…

— Rahm Emanuel

We obviously don't want to cause problems for the Afghan government, President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan people. In fact, we want them to…

— David Petraeus

A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering…

— Hamid Karzai

You have politicians in the U.S. who think they know the best ways to govern communities, but they've never been in these communities, they've…

— RaMell Ross

The Afghans I met were some of the nicest and most honorable people I've ever encountered. There is a code called 'Pashtunwali,' so if…

— Brad Thor

As an infantry platoon commander in Helmand Province, my mission was to patrol three villages subject to Taliban influence. In tandem with the Afghan…

— Jake Auchincloss

Not voting is one of the worst things that could happen in our community. You can vote for whoever you want to, but choosing…

— Otis Moss III

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the…

— David Cameron