Author: Jonathan Powell

Quotes

Since the beginning of time, we have expected our leaders to be supermen, unlike mere mortals. We want them to be much greater than us so that we can look up to them.

Since the beginning of time, we have expected our leaders to be supermen, unlike mere mortals. We want them to be much greater than us so that we can look up to them.

- Jonathan Powell

A peace agreement isn't like a fairy story. You don't live happily ever after.

A peace agreement isn't like a fairy story. You don't live happily ever after.

- Jonathan Powell

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

- Jonathan Powell

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

- Jonathan Powell

It was the rootlessness that went with being the son of an RAF officer that shaped me. I had been to 11 schools by the time I was 9.

It was the rootlessness that went with being the son of an RAF officer that shaped me. I had been to 11 schools by the time I was 9.

- Jonathan Powell

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