John Barrasso Quotes
An Obama administration desperate to strike a deal is likely to strike a bad one.
Barrasso, John. "Weekly Republican Address." C-SPAN, National Cable Satellite Corporation, 14 Mar. 2015.
DeKlerk had just become president of South Africa which was enmeshed in a brutal system of apartheid—racial separation with the 10% white population controlling the 90% black majority. The black political parties were illegal and net even recognized and there was no negotiation at all. The country was a world pariah, boycotted by many in the world including much of the Untied States. When De Klerk became president no one had any idea that he would make such a radical break with the past. However, he announced the lifting of the ban on the Black political parties, and the release of Nelson Mandela who had served 26 years in prison, and then made this famous statement which led to the modern state of South Africa. DeKlerk and Mandela shared the Nobel peace prize for their remarkable achievement.
In dos nations there are people who will reject any negotiated deal in which they do not get everything that they want. Some even will characterize the deal as a sellout or treason. But to be successful the diplomats from both sides must feel that they have gotten enough so that they can persuade their countrymen and political authorities that the nation has gotten enough to make the deal worth while.
John Anthony Barrasso III is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Wyoming State Senate.
