America and the World: Conversations on...
A source page for quotes linked to Brent Scowcroft.
“Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.”
“If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.”
“An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.”
“Information technology has politicized the world's population.”
“The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.”
“It's not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.”
“Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.”
“The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.”
“I don't think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.”
“Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.”
“We can't make China a friend, but we can behave to make them an enemy.”
“The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.”
“A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.”
“After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.”