Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes
There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.
I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.
At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint, but transform your blueprint to adapt to reality.
