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Appeasement Quotes

Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.

Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.

Winston Churchill
Lasts, Someday, Appeasement

Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.

Dean Rusk
Appeasement, Aggressive, Aggressors
"Fictional character: Dean Rusk". "Thirteen Days", www.imdb.com. 2000.

If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.

Ronald Reagan
Answers, Appeasement, Ifs
Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1970.

Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.

William Allen White
Tyrants, Appeasement, Tyranny

Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian.

Heywood Broun
Believe, Vegetarian, Appeasement
"The Wisdom of China and India". Book by Lin Yutang, 1942.

A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.

Ronald Reagan
Reading, Matter, Appeasement
Ronald Reagan (1998). “A Shining City: The Legacy of Ronald Reagan”

There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.

Ronald Reagan
Safety, Evil, Appeasement
Ronald Reagan (1989). “Speaking my mind: selected speeches”, Simon & Schuster

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Jasper Johns
Art, Appeasement, Art Is
David Shapiro, Jasper Johns (1984). “Jasper Johns Drawings, 1954-1984”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.

Hubert H. Humphrey
Peace, Doe, Appeasement
"Obama’s Peace Assets in the Middle East" by Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 22, 2013.

It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

James Baker
Enemy, Appeasement
"Time for Bush to talk to Iran and Syria" by Simon Tisdall, www.theguardian.com. OCtober 24, 2006.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

Chuck Hagel
Engagement, Surrender, Appeasement
"Hagel emerges from grueling confirmation hearing with solid Dem support for Pentagon job", www.foxnews.com. February 1, 2013.

And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.

William P. Young
Different, Trust In God, Appeasement

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

Rick Perry
Israel, Ties, Appeasement
"Andrea Mitchell Laments Palestinian Statehood Fight Spoiling Obama's Libya 'Victory Lap'". Interview with Kyle Drennen, www.newsbusters.org. September 21, 2011.

The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement.

Garry Kasparov
Moscow, West, Appeasement
"Putin Needs Wars To Legitimize His Position". Interview with Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. November 10, 2015.

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

George Allen
Thinking, Ideas, Appeasement

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

Jose Maria Aznar
Clever, Today, Appeasement

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