Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.
Lee H. Hamilton

Democracy, Sometimes, Process

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.
Lee H. Hamilton

Live, Democracy, Law

You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence.
Lee H. Hamilton

Time, Remember, Said

A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.
Lee H. Hamilton

Union, Nuclear, Likely

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.
Lee H. Hamilton

Great, Power, Cannot

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.
Lee H. Hamilton

Work, Good, Lives

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.
Lee H. Hamilton

Democracy, Meet, Challenges

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right.
Lee H. Hamilton

Government, End, Try

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.
Lee H. Hamilton

American, Ability, Nuclear

Democracy fascinates me.
Lee H. Hamilton

Democracy, Fascinates

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.
Lee H. Hamilton

Democracy, Makes, Defend

Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.
Lee H. Hamilton

Often, Move, Ability

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.
Lee H. Hamilton

Addiction, American, Oil

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.
Lee H. Hamilton

Failure, Important, American

I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.
Lee H. Hamilton

Life, Live, Proud

Now the difficulty with those warnings is that they were not specific.
Lee H. Hamilton

Difficulty, Specific, Warnings

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.
Lee H. Hamilton

Live, Two, Conscience

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.
Lee H. Hamilton

Peace, Living, American

Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.
Lee H. Hamilton

Politics, Terrorism, Above

Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping the money flows or whatever, but the really difficult part is integrating all aspects of the policy, and I think she put a lot of emphasis on that.
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Money, Together, Law

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.
Lee H. Hamilton

Ignore, Cannot, Attention

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.
Lee H. Hamilton

Life, Great, Give

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.
Lee H. Hamilton

America, Around, Losing

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.
Lee H. Hamilton

Support, State, Step

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.
Lee H. Hamilton

Nation, Generation, Finished

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Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 20, 1931

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