George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen famous quotes

03-16-2025

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Golf #Swings #Practice
Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Country #Suffering #Troops
For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Military #Years #Europe
If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Europe #Unions #Capability
And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Choices #Engagement #Conflict
Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Creativity #Creative #Our Society
Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Stones #Devolution #Nationalism
An attack on one is an attack on all.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#September 11 #September
The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Community #September 11 #Done
You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Able #Threat
The rapid dissemination of technology and information offers entirely new ways of production, but it can also bring the spectre of more states developing weapons of mass destruction.
-- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

#Technology #Way #Weapons

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