Richard Engel Quotes

The so called “Arab Spring” … is really a situation which is creating more threats so far than positive incentives.

Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war.

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.

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

As soon as control eases, there is chaos. [Yi fang, jiu luan.]

Revolutions rarely end up as positively as they begin.

The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.

Investors avoid investing in a region where some elements cause political instability by their so-called movements.

Around us in the Middle East there is total chaos. I'm not willing to give up on my land for this chaos.

The world today is anything but trouble-free.

Now is the winter of our discontent.

The country is in an extraordinary ferment.

If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

Anarchy may await America, due to the daily injustices suffered by the people.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

I think in the '70s that there was a general feeling of chaos, a feeling that the idea of the '60s as 'ideal' was a misnomer. Nothing seemed ideal anymore. Everything seemed in-between.

Egypt is going through difficult times and we cannot allow it to carry on.

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

When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction, and I don't think that is the case now. And it's a place where people still kid themselves - you know, in a few years this will happen or that will happen. Well, it's not going to happen. It's never going to happen.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The American people are frustrated.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.