59 Quotes by Brent Scowcroft

Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.

My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.

So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.

Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.