Top 25 Quotes by Jonathan Powell

About Jonathan Powell

These are some quotes by British author Jonathan Powell Diplomat, who was born on August 14, 1956.

A peace agreement isn't like a fairy story. You don't live happily ever after.

A peace agreement isn't like a fairy story. You don't live happily ever after.

Jonathan Powell

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.

Jonathan Powell

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

Jonathan Powell

I started off in radio, then made little films for Granada. I applied for a job at 'Weekend World,' and they turned me down; I'd also applied to the Foreign Office, which accepted me.

I started off in radio, then made little films for Granada. I applied for a job at 'Weekend World,' and they turned me down; I'd also applied to the Foreign Office, which accepted me.

Jonathan Powell

When it comes to terrorism, governments seem to suffer from a collective amnesia. All of our historical experience tells us that there can be no purely military solution to a political problem, and yet every time we confront a new terrorist group, we begin by insisting we will never talk to them.

Jonathan Powell

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