Chester Crocker quotes

Chester Crocker quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I think we have no apologies to make. We were in a state of global rivalry with a global adversary.”
-- Chester Crocker

#Apology Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Rivalry Quotes

“History, in a democratic age, tends to become a series of popular apologies, and is inclined to assume that the people can do no wrong.”

Source : Albert Pollard (2018). “Henry viii”, p.199, Ozymandias Press
“Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.”
“I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.”
“Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.”
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.”
“I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.”
“Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.”
“Women do not disapprove their rivals; they hate them.”

Source : James Parton (1868). “Smoking and Drinking”, p.32
“What rivalry? I win all the matches.”

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