Stephen Kinzer Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran.”

“One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes.”

“Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and hospitals.”

“Rebels in Darfur have learned the value of mobilizing western human rights groups to prolong wars, and this lesson is working gloriously for them.”

“Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.”

“Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.”

“Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared.”

“Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction.”

“The key to Turkey's success has been its ability to reinvent itself as times change.”

“Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa Cather, as well as an investor said to be the world's second richest man, Warren Buffett.”