Richard Holbrooke said this quote

The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

~ Richard Holbrooke

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

~ Richard Holbrooke

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.

~ Richard Holbrooke