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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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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."

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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."

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"Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."

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

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"If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible."

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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."

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"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."

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"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."

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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."

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

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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
"The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous."

Islam

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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."

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Brent Scowcroft
"Osama bin Laden is going after us to get us out of the region, so he can deal with the regimes that he sees in the region, or replace them with purists."

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

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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."

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Brent Scowcroft
"An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes."

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Brent Scowcroft
"Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not."

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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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Brent Scowcroft
"The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security."

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