Jean-Marie Guehenno quotes

When a peacekeeping operation is deployed, it is in support of a political process, it is part of an integrated approach. It is there to help when a state has broken down and to help that state regain some kind of balance. There is no quick fix.
-- Jean-Marie Guehenno

#Broken #Support #Political

Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security.
-- Jean-Marie Guehenno

#Needs #Aspirin #Ingredients

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.

National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with the democratic order.

But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.

The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.

The land-grant university system is being built on behalf of the people, who have invested in these public universities their hopes, their support, and their confidence.

I'm not sure what Essiac does to extend cancer survival, and for all we know it may not have this effect. On the other hand, it's not toxic and my patients have reported feeling good while taking it, so why not support them?

I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope.

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff.

Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.