41 Quotes by Boutros Boutros-Ghali

But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful.

In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops.

We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.

While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the road, at the very beginning. We still have a long way to go.

The lesson I learned in Cairo still applies. The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics

Water will be more important than oil this century