Author: Richard Holbrooke

Quotes

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

- Richard Holbrooke

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

- Richard Holbrooke

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

- Richard Holbrooke

Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand.

Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand.

- Richard Holbrooke

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

- Richard Holbrooke

United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

- Richard Holbrooke

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