Staffan de Mistura quotes

“In every conflict, some rhetoric and posturing, so we should take that aside. When facts is that everybody is exhausted and that no one believes that there is a military solution to this. The solution must be a political one.”
-- Staffan de Mistura

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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“Sometimes there is a common threat that can produce a common interest in putting aside all the differences in trying to find a constructive solution.”
-- Staffan de Mistura

Source : "U.N. Envoy: Solution To Syrian Conflict Must Be A 'Political One'". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. July 30, 2015.

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“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions,”
-- Staffan de Mistura

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“If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.”

“I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.”

“You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.”

Source : Joe Vitale (2010). “The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.”

“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”

Source : The New Yorker, en.wikiquote.org. April 7, 1956.

“A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.”

Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.

“Random political acts produce random political results. Why waste even a rock?”

“Political development should start at the grassroots.”

“The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.”

“Our political problem now is "Can we, as a nation, continue together permanentlyforever--half slave, and half free?" The problem is too mighty for me. May God, in his mercy, superintend the solution.”