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The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

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I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.

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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

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I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.

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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

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I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.

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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.

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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.

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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.

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People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: February 27th, 1941

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