Paddy Ashdown (Jeremy John Durham Ashdown) Quotes

I don't think there is anyone who knows Bosnia-Herzegovina better than him. He is deeply trusted in the country. The international mission is in save hands.

Paddy Ashdown

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• Bosnia-Herzegovina

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• It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.

  

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• If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.

  

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• I don't think there is anyone who knows Bosnia-Herzegovina better than him. He is deeply trusted in the country. The international mission is in save hands.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
  • Country
  • Mission
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina