Richard Cohen Quotes

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

When governments become weak, troubles are certain to erupt.

We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions... These are ingredients for catastrophe.

After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

Miserable news from Paris. Another Revolution, barricades, the troops of the line fraternizing with the insurgent National Guards, two Generals shot, to more in the hands and tender mercies of the beastly cowardly Paris mob. Those Parisians are the scum of the earth, and Paris is the crater of the volcano, France, and a bottomless pit of revolution and anarchy.

Mr. Trump set an example of how an individual can damage a country. There are agitations all around, and the whole of U.S. is under turmoil.

What would happen if we withdrew? Anarchy and confusion.

I fear that some day or another we shall have in Europe a total upsetting of social order, which will drive all wise and experienced men to America.

Washington D.C. has become a lunatic asylum.

Britain is perceived as a laughing stock and a mess. It's a very scary and divided place.

The pressure in Brazil is a little complicated, a little menacing.

In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.

Our country is a mess. We don't even know what to look for anymore.

The country is in an extraordinary ferment.

The pulse of the People is still so high as to call for more bleeding, before quinine can be administered with any hope of benefit.

Iraq is falling apart.

If we don't make earnest moves toward real solutions, then each day we move one day closer to revolution and anarchy in this country. This is the sad, and yet potentially joyous, state of America.

There is no chance of a revolution in Georgia.

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

When you look at - when you talk to people in Africa and across the Middle East, they're not satisfied with the way things are going. Sure, this idea of democracy was injected into the region, but it has brought mostly chaos.

But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression.

If nothing happens, if we just keep doing what we're doing, tomorrow is not certain. We will see families killing each other. We will see chaos in the country. The day after tomorrow will disappear.... The next civil war in Burundi will absolutely be over land.