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29 quotes by Richard Holbrooke

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). From 1993 to 1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Long well known in diplomatic and...
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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... →

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There's no question that the next generation of terrorists, rather than going for small, little dramas, will go for the big one. They now... →

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You will never catch up with the spread of AIDS no matter how much money, no matter how many antiretrovirals are put into the system, unless you stop... →

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If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.

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

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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... →

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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... →

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Elections are rarely perfect.

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I have worked in every - every Democratic administration since the Kennedy administration, and I know dysfunctionality when I see it.

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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.

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The male elites that run most countries are exceedingly uncomfortable with the subject of AIDS because it's a sexually transmitted disease.

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I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who attacked us on 9/11.

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I'm not a wide-eyed imperialist who wants to see Americans manning outposts all over the world. Not outposts to freedom in the cold war cliche... →

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