Reconstruction Quotes

Your personal involvement in the post-tsunami reconstruction efforts of our country has been a great source of strength to all of us. - Mahinda Rajapakse

You have to be more realistic about the need for temporary shelter because of the difficulty of building permanent homes and that should be part of the reconstruction plan, even if [affected] people are resistant. - Douglas Keatinge

You have a dictator in charge, an indicted war criminal as your leader. And you cannot expect properly to be part of the reconstruction of the Balkans while that remains so. - Tony Blair

You can't make a million people happy. There's going to be a lot of debates. I don't think you can minimize the role Congress is going to play in what kind of legislation they formulate to guide the reconstruction. There will be enormous pressure to do something quickly. It's all new virgin territory, and it'll be tough to craft an optional strategy. - James Carafano

Yes, I am going to postpone that... I always say that while this is a concern - we want to bring maximum relief and reconstruction effort - the other issue, the aircrafts, are a issue of security concern for Pakistan. We should never do something that jeopardizes one or the other. So, both have their importance. - Pervez Musharraf

Without this, reconstruction, economic growth, poverty reduction and counter-narcotics will continue to be hampered. It's very important that the protection of human rights becomes part of the mainstream of Afghan politics. - Kim Howells

Without the democratization of Yugoslavia, there will be no Western support for reconstruction. - Gerhard Schroeder

With these concrete, sustained projects we want to contribute to the reconstruction process. As well as providing humanitarian aid, we wish to express our closeness with these countries in which we have been active for many years. - Ekkehard Schulz

While we transferred sovereignty today, we need to be honest with the American people that this struggle is far from over... Security in Iraq is worse now than it was right after the fall of Baghdad and may deteriorate further. The Iraqi security forces cannot handle the challenge alone, reconstruction has barely started, and massive unemployment has left many frustrated and even desperate. - Jay Rockefeller

While we highly appreciate these efforts, we do look forward to having this international organization to come back to Iraq and open its offices to back up the reconstruction process of Iraq. - Ibrahim Jafari