106 Quotes by Richard N. Haass

What is obvious is that Donald Trump is comfortable with an approach to running his presidency based on what worked for him in the private sector.

The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating such a world is difficult and precarious.

Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of force, and a certain and considerable price to be paid if the status quo is allowed to stand. Examples include World War II and the Korean War.

Any time you use military force, you have got to have a clear purpose that military forces can achieve.

The U.S. does not want to live under the shadow of a North Korea that possesses long-range missiles capable of delivering nuclear payloads to American cities. At the same time, the U.S. has no appetite for a war that would prove costly by every measure.

I tend to be one of those who does not equate democratization with the holding of elections. The emphasis ought to be on such things as rule of law, economic reform, and promotion of a free media - in short, essentially independent, free institutions.

Trump's foreign policy is not so much immoral as it is amoral.

Black markets exist any time there is a profit to be made.

It is important to signal that opposition to the use of any weapon of mass destruction is both deep and broad.