Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes on People (11 Quotes)

I am certain that the people of Afghanistan are very happy tonight and see in this constitution a new source of hope. ... The time for jihad is finished.

What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.

The Iraqi authorities, the Coalition Provisional Authority will really need to see how they can provide security for us if they want us to come back. It's useless to bring in large numbers of people if they are confined to bunkers.

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

Though it will certainly not be easy, we do believe that it shall be possible to identify, by the end of May, a group of people respected and acceptable to Iraqis across the country, to form this caretaker government.

You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

We think that there are millions of people at risk, not because of the bombing campaign...but because of the drought, because of the civil war that has been going on for a long time, ... This humanitarian activity must continue.

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.

Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.