Rosemary Hollis Quotations

He was found to be uncultured when he was caught not knowing anything about European history, opera, art and so on,

You have to send the signal that this is intolerable and counterproductive to Iranian international relations, If you give up on diplomacy, you get into gesture politics, which won't solve anything.

Over the last few days we've seen the possibility of further breakthroughs and dialogue dissipate. It seems that Chinese and Russian support have clinched a referral.

There is much that they cannot do without the involvement of the Israelis. They cannot deliver on the security front without some help from the Israelis and principally some promise from the Israelis that a restarted process will get the Palestinians independent statehood.

There is much that they cannot do without the involvement of the Israelis, ... They cannot deliver on the security front without some help from the Israelis and principally some promise from the Israelis that a restarted process will get the Palestinians independent statehood.

As it is, they hope it is going to be more about what the international community can do for them.

Kofi Annan can appeal to both the Palestinians and the Israelis.

The feeling is he may be a great governor of Texas, but he shouldn't be in charge of the most powerful country in the world.

Originally they thought this was yet another instance of them being put on the spot to prove how reformed they can be, how transparent they can be, how democratic they can be before they are even allowed to consider talking peace,