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
agreement enemy deals
A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.
organization needs united-states
The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it.
variation jazz endless
Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.
government important heat
Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.
military believe mean
I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.
world would-be stability
A world without the United Nations or with a paralyzed United Nations would be far more costly to all of us and far more dangerous to peace and stability.
self world wonderful
Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.
essentials action offensive
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action
christian thinking views
There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.
trying world irony
United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.
people enemy wish
Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has.
learning previous
We are not learning anything here that isn't in previous accounts,
both certain directly friend involved kinds second sides
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 of problems, our intervention as a friend to both sides is important.
time
We are at the brink. Time is short.