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Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
American Public Servant
Born: Apr 24, 1941
Died: Dec 13, 2010
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Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme. Richard Holbrooke
Diplomacy Jazz Variations Like Endless Theme
I think history is continuous. It doesn't begin or end on Pearl Harbor Day or the day Lyndon Johnson withdraws from the presidency or on 9/11. You have to learn from the past but not be imprisoned by it. You need to take counsel of history but never be imprisoned by it. Richard Holbrooke
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Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings. Richard Holbrooke
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I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who attacked us on 9/11. Richard Holbrooke
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I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values. Richard Holbrooke
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The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. Richard Holbrooke
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I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that. Richard Holbrooke
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By the way, if you do your job on behalf of your country, you have meetings where you put your position forward strongly, and the other side does the same thing. And I've had plenty of meetings in my career that really were heated, people yelling at each other. Richard Holbrooke
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If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim. Richard Holbrooke
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The male elites that run most countries are exceedingly uncomfortable with the subject of AIDS because it's a sexually transmitted disease. Richard Holbrooke
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You will never catch up with the spread of AIDS no matter how much money, no matter how many antiretrovirals are put into the system, unless you stop its growth. And the only way to stop its growth is prevention. Richard Holbrooke
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United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony. Richard Holbrooke
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Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand. Richard Holbrooke
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There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier of problems, our intervention as a friend to both sides is important. Richard Holbrooke
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