Appeasement Quotes

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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