The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?
Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.
There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.
Art is either a complaint or appeasement.
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.
And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.
Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive.
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
Appeasement is a vote to live in the present tense, to hold the comforts of the moment.
It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.
It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.
Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.
To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and has been for at least a hundred and fifty years.
The West can't come up with anything to deal with Moscow, except appeasement.
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.
The idea of reasoning with terrorists without force or with appeasement is naive, and I think it's dangerous
Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.
Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that.
If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.
