73 Quotes by Robert Zoellick

We are going to have to give these people a chance to get back on their feet.

So, I actually think there's some commonality of interest on this topic.

Some countries will now need to decide whether they want to make a point, or whether they want to make progress,

Since the day started with the fact that I had a hard time getting them in the room together, I think there was some progress by getting them to listen to my ... message and listen to the views of our international partners,

military means alone are not capable of defeating the insurgency.

My concluding point with the SLM was that we want to help them, but to help them they need to help us be able to deal with the united movement,

needs a political transition to make its government responsible and accountable to its people.

One of the most important assets for the SLM is the support of countries around the world. But to maintain that support, they have to respect the ceasefire. They can't follow a path of violence, and they have to come up with a common negotiating position,

I believe there is a right balance of interests that can be found to enable us to launch the multilateral negotiations at the upcoming ministerial meeting. It's very important for the global economy that we do so, and it's very important for world politics that we do so,