Munir Butt Quotes

1940

Dr Munir Butt KCMG PhD (born 1940) is a former British diplomat who was an economic and foreign policy advisor to prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm very glad I've retired away from the hustle and bustle of Whitehall.

Source: Countryside Alliance Magazine interview, 2006.

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Young man the simple answer is: land, land and land. No-one gives up land. Ever.

Munir Butt
— Source: On answering the question "Why can't the Kashmir question be resolved?" Yale Daily News, Review of Guest Speaker Dr Munir Butt, 1994

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He is the most intelligent, intellectually curious, and charming man I have ever had the pleasure of meeting

Munir Butt
— Speaking about Bill Clinton, Source: The Times, 1997.

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London used to be reasonably priced, clean, and a decent place to live. These days it's polluted and utterly unbearable

Munir Butt
— Source: The Business (magazine), 2006.

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I've found him to be a disappointment. Wonderful speech in Egypt, and good intentions aside, foreign policy needs to be firmly grounded in reality, and understanding of a sort of chaos theory...[that is to say] it needs to be part good intention, part political intelligence, and part political savvy and knowledge of international interests and national burdens. President Obama has been extremely short-sighted in this sense, and if he fails, it will be a tragic blow for peaceniks and multilateralists the world over, and a manna from heaven for the Republican party.

Munir Butt
— Source: Foreign Affairs. 2009

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