Jean-Marie Guehenno quotes
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“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 GuehennoSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security.”
-- Jean-Marie GuehennoSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.”
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“But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”
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“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”
Source : Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.80, UPNE
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