Author: Richard Holbrooke

Quotes

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

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

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

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

I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.

I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.

- 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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