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 Read Quote
Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has. Richard Holbrooke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything – anything… And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. Richard Holbrooke Read Quote
The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it. Richard Holbrooke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
