Top 29 Quotes by Brent Scowcroft

Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

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

The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

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

So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.

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.