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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People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.
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In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.
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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,
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It's hard exaggerate this. If it had been for Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnia would not exist today ... He was the visionary.
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People give money all the time, and I commend them for it, but you have to go a long way to find a gift that meant as much difference as this one.
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The Indonesian generals should know that their own efforts to thwart internal accountability and openness and inquiry are only going to result in greater pressure,
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I think that Ted Turner's offer ... provided us with the flexibility he had intended it to... This was not simply the case of a rich person giving money to build a building. It was money to change a situation,
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I'm passionate about this. He's probably the most tested person in the world. Everywhere he travels he gets tested, preferably with the Minister of Health!
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It was a grim briefing. U.S. diplomatic observers are doing a terrific job bringing us information, and the information is not good.