Richard Holbrooke Quotes

I think this is a ridiculous outcome, ... These people are innocent and they should be freed immediately. They are not spies.

(It`s an) extremely serious situation,

If women in the developing world do not have equal rights, they will not have equal health, ... It is as simple as that; the empowerment of women is not a politically-correct cliché, but a living, essential goal for everyone.

The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to synergy,

The U.N. by contrast is sterile, overly concerned with protocol, overly formal, filled with set-piece speeches. This is what the U.N. in theory is supposed to be but can`t.

The Indonesian military is still paying these people, still encouraging them, ... These are real thugs, and they have to be dealt with.

We would view with the greatest possible concern any such event, ... It would do Indonesia immense, perhaps irreparable damage.

We are in a very grim situation, and everybody knows how serious it is. We are not anywhere near a point where everyone can be satisfied on either side.

It is a struggle of great historic consequence. Indonesia is one of the most important countries in the world, the world`s third largest democracy,

I know that the Germans are very unhappy about these withdrawals. The Koreans are going to be equally unhappy. How can we withdraw troops from Korea while engaged in a delicate negotiation with the North Koreans? And there`s a country that really does have weapons of mass destruction.