20 Quotes by Thomas Pickering

Someone either waved or threw hand grenades at (a guard). He refused to open the gate. When the hand grenades came, of course, he ran away to save himself. The blast went off, knocked him down, and he survived.

My mission here is to seek the release of all political prisoners including Abiola, ... That's the direction in which they appeared to be moving when this untimely event intervened.

We paid a highly inflated price for many years. By our calculations they owe us more than $4 million on overpayments of the lease,

There has to be a negotiated solution to this problem, and we support that taking place without breaking up Sri Lanka, ... We're deeply concerned that there's a humanitarian disaster in the making as the war continues. There are already 150,000 people displaced by the fighting that has renewed over the last months in the north.

We ... believe that a military solution to Sri Lanka is not possible ... We are supportive of the Norwegian initiative,

We made a bunch of serious errors and mistakes which resulted in the accident.

This terrible mistake occurred not because of just one organization or because of any one individual,

We should begin to see some serious results in two to five years, ... is to be too optimistic.

Any efforts on the part of the Serbs to violate the agreements that they have reached on particularly the role and disposition of their forces inside Kosovo would clearly have grave and substantial risks.... Any efforts on their part would be met by strong and firm NATO reaction.