Paddy Ashdown Quotes

The possibility of the United States winning the war and losing the peace is real and serious

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation of their frontiers according to a consciously national program.

Sure we won the war, but the peace we’re losing badly.

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

It is neither my intention to depart from the route of John Garang nor to change the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.

I built Kosovo for 10 years.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

Even if the Peace of Lausanne is not perfect peace...the great relief that peace affords is quite likely to give the mentality of the Turks a new turn.

Complete concrete studies quickly concerning the conclusion of the war.

Someone should tell the president that U.S. forces would need to be in Iraq for two to five years, and they will not have an easy time there.

By facilitating a peace agreement and leading the reinvestment and reconstruction in Yemen, Saudi Arabia can turn around a failed state and bolster its standing as a global and regional leader.

Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.

In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.

We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals.

On the international political landscape, there is better understanding of Pakistan's political economic and strategic issues. We aspire to promote peace and harmony with the region.

Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.

I think when war becomes your life, I think it's very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.

I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders, and meet with our troops. Those visits are the main reason that I opposed the War in Iraq since its inception.

As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?

We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.