#appeasement

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

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The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous. ↗

— George Allen

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Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s? ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

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Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

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It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

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You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way. ↗

— Anthony Eden

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I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

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