Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes

American - Politician March 28, 1928 - May 26, 2017

Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Future, Celebrate, Past, Think, Friends

Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory. Zbigniew Brzezinski

History, Begin, Next, Should, Phase

There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Something, Point, Unrealistic, Very

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Great, Today, War, Vision, Democracy

Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Religion, World, Look, Islam, Emotion

If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Will, China, Stability, United States

Commitment and credibility go hand in hand. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Commitment, Go, Credibility, Hand

A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others' development. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Identity, Sacrifice, Security, Others

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. Zbigniew Brzezinski

History, Army, Say, Soviet, Afghanistan

Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Good, Feel Good, Feel, Results, Policy

During the twentieth century, men fought on behalf of nationalism. Yet the wars they fought were also engendered by dislocations in world markets and by social revolution stimulated by the coming of the industrial age. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Age, Men, World, Nationalism, Revolution

What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War? Zbigniew Brzezinski

History, War, Cold, World, End, Cold War

The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Depression, Recognition, Financial, West

Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Democracy, Moderation, Policy, Democrats

Americans don't learn about the world; they don't study world history, other than American history in a very one-sided fashion, and they don't study geography. Zbigniew Brzezinski

History, Fashion, World, American, Learn

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Avoid, Bipartisanship, Extremes, Causes

We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Opportunity, War, Giving, Now, Vietnam

During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Men, Sacrifice, Reality, Nationalism

America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs. Zbigniew Brzezinski

War, Victory, Cold, America, Cold War

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Relationship, Disagree, Only, Cannot

If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Today, Thinking, World, End, Yesterday

The costly unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency led to a decade of war in the Middle East and the derailment of American foreign policy at large. Zbigniew Brzezinski

War, American, Policy, Decade, Middle

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire. Zbigniew Brzezinski

War, Government, Conflict, Empire, Years

But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into it a policy of genocide against the Chechens, and cannot kill journalists, and it cannot repress the mass media. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Peace, Media, Against, Policy, Genocide

The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Fear, Culture, War, America, Terror

Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Fear, Culture, War, Accomplish, Major

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