I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems. Warren Christopher More Quotes by Warren Christopher More Quotes From Warren Christopher The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal. Warren Christopher crime capacity war An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy. Warren Christopher independent democracy media Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isnt that really quite incredible? Warren Christopher election opponents strong We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone. Warren Christopher bosnians force gone I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves. Warren Christopher safety government giving Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II. Warren Christopher president war world My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice. Warren Christopher important justice advice It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question. Warren Christopher historical important country It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe. Warren Christopher president dream europe I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic. Warren Christopher skeptical good-intentions intention I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area. Warren Christopher keys responsibility trying My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in an attempt to recover his health, which never happened. Warren Christopher california father years We've had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it's going to be a very important six months for NATO. Warren Christopher some meetings russia important You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment. Warren Christopher know you dream commitment Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too. Warren Christopher street think man war The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in. Warren Christopher free think confidence election
