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Richard Holbrooke quotes: It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: I have worked in every - every Democratic administration since the Kennedy administration, and I know dysfunctionality when I see it.

I have worked in every - every Democratic administration since the Kennedy administration, and I know dysfunctionality when I see it.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything ... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything ... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.

In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action

It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action

Richard Holbrooke quotes: United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

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 quotes: Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand.

Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand.

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

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

Richard Holbrooke quotes: We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.

We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: 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.

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 quotes: You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: Know something about something. Don't just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

Know something about something. Don't just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.

If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: Elections are rarely perfect.

Elections are rarely perfect.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.

As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: The male elites that run most countries are exceedingly uncomfortable with the subject of AIDS because it's a sexually transmitted disease.

The male elites that run most countries are exceedingly uncomfortable with the subject of AIDS because it's a sexually transmitted disease.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

Richard Holbrooke quotes: 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.

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.