Barack Obama

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.

American President

Henrik Ibsen

Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse.

Norwegian Poet

Paul Keating

The First World War was a war devoid of any virtue. It arose from the quagmire of European tribalism: a complex interplay of nation-state destinies overlaid by notions of cultural superiority peppered with racism.

Australian Politician

Edwin Markham

Use and beauty - these should be the ends of all human effort. But the competitive struggle swings us away from this high ground and plunges us into a quagmire fight for cheap goods and cheap labor.

American Poet

Peter Schuyler

Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help.

American Writer

George Soros

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

Hungarian Businessman

Jair Bolsonaro

We are taking over a completely broken Brazil. We've never had such a major ethical, moral, and economic crisis, and we want to get out of this quagmire.

Brazilian Politician

Charles B. Rangel

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

American Politician

James Joyce

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

Irish Novelist

Donald Rumsfeld

Quagmire often evokes images of nature and the outdoors, suggesting difficult, sticky ground.

Natural Imagery

When discussing terrain, quagmire implies an area that can physically trap or hinder you.

Physical Challenge

Quagmire often carries a negative tone, suggesting an unpleasant or undesirable situation.

Negative Connotation

Quagmire is a metaphor for complicated situations, not just literal mud or swamps.

Metaphoric Usage

A quagmire in a figurative sense implies stress or frustration due to the situation's complexity.

Emotional Weight

Using quagmire in a situation indicates potential risk or danger in becoming too involved.

Potential Risk

 I was running political strategy for her. So when she handed me this note, I assumed that it would contain detailed political instructions about how we were going to get out of this nightmare quagmire that we seemed to be trapped in. I took the note and looked at it. It said, "Painful.

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