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Top 30 Brent Scowcroft Quotes (2025 Update)

Brent Scowcroft Quote: “A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.”

1. “A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “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.”

2. “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.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.”

4. “The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn’t know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.”

5. “To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn’t know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “The Iraqi elections were an important first step.”

6. “The Iraqi elections were an important first step.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Osama bin Laden is going after us to get us out of the region, so he can deal with the regimes that he sees in the region, or replace them with purists.”

7. “Osama bin Laden is going after us to get us out of the region, so he can deal with the regimes that he sees in the region, or replace them with purists.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Saddam’s ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.”

8. “Saddam’s ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.”

9. “The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.”

10. “America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.”

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

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.”

12. “Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.”

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

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.”

14. “It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.”

15. “Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.”

16. “But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.”

17. “I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.”

18. “But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.”

19. “If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.”

20. “Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.”

21. “We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.”

22. “The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they’re the West’s whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.”

23. “Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they’re the West’s whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.”

24. “But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.”

25. “First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.”

26. “The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.”

27. “After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “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.”

28. “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.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.”

29. “The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “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.”

30. “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.”

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Brent Scowcroft Quote: “Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won’t solve the problem.”

31. “Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won’t solve the problem.”

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