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Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century QUOTES

Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century QUOTES

1 " By the end he was living in each chapter of his life simultaneously—Kennedy and Obama, Vietnam and Bosnia and Afghanistan—as if he were floating in a single body of water whose temperature varied from place to place and depth to depth. All that accumulated experience—we Americans don’t want it. We’re almost embarrassed by it, except when we’re burying it. "

― George Packer , Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

2 " If you look close enough and are in a bad mood, public service seems to be composed of paperwork and personal feuds. "

― George Packer , Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century