Quotes by Nathan Brown

“Constitutions can do two things for you. When you have a fundamental consensus they can codify it and enforce it. The second thing is that the process can be more important than the product; the process of getting all the sides sitting down and talking can be healthy.”

“I think they won. They got that.”

“The constitution places fairly weak checks on the majority.”

“The problem is its just going far too quick.”

“Those who participated in drafting the constitution want the Sunnis right now to register and to vote against it,”

“They dont have a lot of options,”

“Whatever the public rhetoric, this is a significant complication at best and a defeat at worst.”

“If the constitution is adopted, it will be over the objections of the Sunni leadership. To expect that to be able to resolve the insurgency is simply unrealistic.”

“[The prosecution has spent the bulk of its time trolling through data from over two million documents, collecting information from some 7,000 witnesses, and reading reports by forensic experts from roughly 200 mass graves throughout Iraq.] Its not as easy as trying someone who simply pulled a trigger, ... to show the Iraqi government is able to get something done.”

“I was surprised, because he came in here and signed up nonchalantly, just like a regular client would. He was a client before, then he disappeared for a while, and when he came back, nobody knew about his history.”