Blanche Wiesen Cook Quotes

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

Half of this business is politics. As real estate developers, it's our job to go in there and get beat up.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

In times of peace the stakes of our debate appear small.

Political action is not moral action, any more than a box on the ear is an argument.

Boundary and peace treaties are not inspired documents.

Appeasement cannot happen again because there is nothing like totalitarianism left to appease.

Diplomacy takes time.

With some of Mr. Roosevelt's political acts I could never possibly agree. But I knew him solely in his capacity as leader of a nation at war -- and in that capacity he seemed to me to fulfill all that could possibly be expected of him.

War is the continuation of politics." In this sense war is politics and war itself is political action.... It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

When a rising power confronts a ruling power, bad things usually happen.... This is what happens when an extablished entity faces an upstart.... To avoid a disasterous clash like war, both parties have to make an adjustment, but the ruling power has to make more painful adjustments.

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.

So [Vladimir] Putin is a mess. He's committed all sort of murderous thuggery, and I am opposed to the way Putin conducts himself in world affairs, and I hope that the president also wants to show moral leadership about this issue.

When a nation issues ultimatums, it leaves no room for compromise and ensures that war will continue.