Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrookewas an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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And if you do graze, wear a condom,
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At this point everyone's agreed to the principle of 51/49 but everyone's 51% and everyone's 49% is different,
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That is why we are here today, to continue the progress,
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diving off a diving board without knowing if there is any water in the pool.
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I know that the Germans are very unhappy about these withdrawals. The Koreans are going to be equally unhappy. How can we withdraw troops from Korea while engaged in a delicate negotiation with the North Koreans? And there's a country that really does have weapons of mass destruction.
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the U.N. inspectors had told the American military this was a major depot. ... I don't know what happened. I do know one thing -- in most administrations the buck stops in the Oval Office.
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All the real issues are finally being negotiated for the first time in 16 months.
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The United States and our allies and the Arab neighbors of Saddam ... must recognize that as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power he is a destabilizing factor for the entire region. He's a very dangerous man,
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Dayton is a demonstration that American leadership is indispensable. But leadership means cooperation with allies and pressure on adversaries. Neither rule was followed in Iraq , with disastrous consequences.
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The status quo is stable, but it won't be stable forever,
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The differences between the two sides are real but small, and they can be resolved by diplomatic means.
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This place has been a mess for a long time, but a different kind of mess. The war was messy, the decade that preceded the war was messy, the history back to 1912 was messy ... and the task is immense,
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The Security Council has taken a critical step toward helping Congo and the region come to the peace that it so desperately needs,
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It was his ruthlessness and vision that helped to create Bosnia and Herzegovina,