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Brent Scowcroft

"Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections."

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Amber Hurdle

"Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness."

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Amber Hurdle

"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution."

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Amber Hurdle

"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."

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Amber Hurdle

"Change represents the real spirit of democracy and the real America."

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Amber Hurdle

"The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy."

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Amber Hurdle

"The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation."

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Amber Hurdle

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."

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Amber Hurdle

"The Constitution itself, the DNA of the country, can be altered by the collective will of the people, making America a self-evolving and self-writing program."

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Amber Hurdle

"The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount."

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Amber Hurdle

"Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush."

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Brent Scowcroft
"But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that."

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Brent Scowcroft
"First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict."

Conflict

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Brent Scowcroft
"If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would."

Chaos

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Brent Scowcroft
"To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him."

People

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Brent Scowcroft
"You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently."

People

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Brent Scowcroft
"Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections."

Democracy

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Brent Scowcroft
"The Iraqi elections were an important first step."

Elections

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Brent Scowcroft
"But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart."

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Brent Scowcroft
"Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together."

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Brent Scowcroft
"Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression."

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