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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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