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Warren Christopher Quotes
American
-
Statesman
October 27, 1925 - March 18, 2011
I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
Warren Christopher
Think
Will
About
Over
Adaptation
Bringing
Discussions
Forces
Fully
Giant
NATO
Strides
Before
French
I Think
Taken
I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues, a way to give reassurance on these issues.
Warren Christopher
Good
Think
Way
Well
Discussed
Discussions
Good Deal
Mechanism
NATO
Promise
Range
Reassurance
Russia
Between
Deal
Give
I Think
Issues
Matters
Might
Provide
Talking
Those
Through
It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
Warren Christopher
Will
Way
Europe
July
Closer
Integration
June
NATO
Russia
Summit
Undertaken
Versa
Vice
Vice Versa
Bring
Course
Move
Then
Toward
We've had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it's going to be a very important six months for NATO.
Warren Christopher
Important
Meetings
Up
Some
Discussions
Fairly
Intensive
Leading
NATO
Preparing
Russia
Between
Going
Had
Months
Six
Them
Very
You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment.
Warren Christopher
You
Will
Know
Dream
Clinton
Commitment
East
Expand
Fully
Integrated
NATO
Steps
Been
Europe
Finally
President
Take
Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.
Warren Christopher
Place
Some
Sides
Release
Both Sides
Prisoner
Prisoners
Satisfactory
Unconditional
Been
Both
Supposed
Those
Took
Were
Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
Warren Christopher
Alone
Good
Time
Wife
Demands
Despite
Good Movie
One Of The Things
Doing
Enjoy
Job
Movie
Really
Seeing
Spend
Things
Together
Try
Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?
Warren Christopher
Peace
Be Strong
Strong
Election
Arafat
Boycott
Hamas
Opponents
Turnout
Urged
Incredible
Percent
Quite
Really
Supposed
Where
I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
Warren Christopher
Intelligence
City
Will
Way
Estimates
About
Become
Congress
However
Matters
Public
Say
Should
Talk
Want
I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems.
Warren Christopher
Problems
News
Before
Other
Move On
Savor
Had
Move
I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody.
Warren Christopher
You
People
Grow
Born
Advantage
Dakota
Marvelous
North
North Dakota
Small Town
About
Everybody
Grow Up
I Was Born
Knew
Lived
Only
Small
Town
Until
Up
Very
Where
I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.
Warren Christopher
Responsibility
Who
Person
Try
Favor
Single Person
Worried
About
Area
Basically
Focused
Key
Main
Much
Single
Very
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I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.
Warren Christopher
Good
About
Good Intentions
Intentions
Skeptical
Very
I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.
Warren Christopher
Friendship
Friends
About
Got
Awful
Awful Lot
Close Friends
Case
Close
Lot
Many
It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.
Warren Christopher
Strength
Great
Back
American
American Troops
Consequences
Forces
Helpful
Removal
Troops
Been
Foreign
Has-Been
Knew
Move
Now
Some
It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.
Warren Christopher
Europe
Dream
President
Finally
Clinton
Fully
Integrated
Been
It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
Warren Christopher
You
Lose
Your
Doing
Anything Else
Courtroom
Temper
Anything
Else
Important
Very
It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
Warren Christopher
Always
Important
Country
Question
Historical
Lessons
Teaches
About
Put
Things
Very
Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
Warren Christopher
War
Man
Street
Think
Soldiers
Behind
Certainly
Common
Get
Him
I Think
Lot
Now
Person
See
Too
Us
Very
Wants
My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.
Warren Christopher
History
Me
Justice
Advice
Christopher
Douglas
Stream
Tremendously
Follow
Get
Happens
He
Important
Out
See
Tried
My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in an attempt to recover his health, which never happened.
Warren Christopher
Health
Father
Never
Old
Attempt
Banker
California
Ill
Recover
Became
Happened
He
His
Later
Three
Very
Which
Years
One always wonders about roads not taken.
Warren Christopher
Roads
Always
About
Wonders
Taken
Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.
Warren Christopher
America
Only
Two
Fragile
Caribbean
Central
Hemisphere
South America
Both
Countries
Democracy
Democratic
Many
Really
South
Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.
Warren Christopher
War
World
I Can
Most
Adapting
Assist
Institutions
Secretary
Transnational
Useful
Useful Thing
World War
World War II
After
Created
President
State
Thing
Were
The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in.
Warren Christopher
Confidence
Think
Free
Real
Apparently
Credible
Election
Milestone
One Of The Things
Overall
Fair
I Think
Little
Sense
Some
Take
Things
The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.
Warren Christopher
War
Will
Capacity
NATO
Assist
Crimes
Extent
Forces
Tribunal
The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
Warren Christopher
Peace
Election
Something
Point
Mandate
Palestinian
Turning
Turning Point
Really
The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.
Warren Christopher
Me
Democracy
Important
High
Haiti
Hemisphere
Promotion
Stakes
Interest
Interests
Many
Most
Our
Perhaps
The Most Important
Us
Very
The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information.
Warren Christopher
War
World
Intelligence
Country
Any Other Country
Crimes
Intelligence Information
Tribunal
Turning
Any
Done
Including
Information
More
Other
Over
States
Than
United
United States
This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.
Warren Christopher
Relationship
Important
Country
Russia
Arsenal
Nuclear
Obviously
Over
Powerful
Very
We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
Warren Christopher
Great
People
Only
Human
Boats
Caused
Flood
Human Rights
Immigration
Instability
Other Countries
Region
Violations
Countries
Creating
Interest
Other
Problem
Rights
States
Take
Then
United
United States
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
Warren Christopher
Path
Matter
Strong
See
Concern
Considerable
Reform
Russia
Self-Interest
Strain
Continue
Obviously
Us
Very
We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone.
Warren Christopher
Being
Train
Our
Gone
Conditional
Equip
Forces
Obligation
Clear
Foreign
Had
Very
We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.
Warren Christopher
Together
Country
Things
He
Accomplish
Reformer
Able
Been
Number
President
Worked
When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
Warren Christopher
Me
Lawyer
Never
Purpose
Advised
Mad
Partner
Senior
Except
Get
Had
Very
Who
Young
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