Quote of the day
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
Richard N. Haass
Born: July 28, 1951 (age 73)
Bio: Richard Nathan Haass is an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003, prior to which he was Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Known for:
- The bureaucratic entrepreneur (1994)
- The opportunity (2005)