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" Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. "
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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" The Soviet Union's termination, which brought to an end the bipolar world, ushered in an era of U.S. hegemony. Hegemony, however, should not be confused with omnipotence. Hegemony is not omnipotence but is certainly preponderance. "
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" 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. "
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" I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands. "
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" Eurasia is the world's axial supercontinent. A power that dominated Eurasia would exercise decisive influence over two of the world's three most economically productive regions: Western Europe and East Asia. "
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" Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida. "
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" There may be circumstances in which damaging our relationship with countries over human rights is counterproductive and the benefits to human rights may be very small because of our limited capacity to enforce our stance. That was the dilemma the United States faced after Tiananmen Square. "
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" American power worldwide is at its historic zenith. "
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" Only a dynamic and strategically-minded America, together with a unifying Europe, can jointly promote a larger and more vital West, one capable of acting as a responsible partner to the rising and increasingly assertive East. "
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" Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear. "
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" Sometimes in international politics, the better part of wisdom is to defer dangers rather than try to eliminate them altogether instantly. "
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" I do think America has made it quite clear that it is in the interest both of America and China to avoid situations in which they will be pushed toward a collision. "
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" 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. "
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" Human affairs require some combination of moral commitment with disciplined political action. And that is what keeps me intrigued and challenged and wanting to influence events. "
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" Japan needs the American market and it also needs American security protection. Japan also needs America as the necessary stabilizer of an orderly world system with economies truly open to international trade. "
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" If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect for America's world role than that? "
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" To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well. "
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" The culture of self-gratification and deregulation that began during the Clinton years and continued under President George W. Bush led to the bursting of one stock market bubble at the turn of the century and a full-scale financial crash less than a decade later. "
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" The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. "
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" We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. "
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" Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential. "
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" The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable. "
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" Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems. "
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" Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue. "
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" The worsening of relations between a declining America and an internally troubled Mexico could even give rise to a particularly ominous phenomenon: the emergence, as a major issue in nationalistically aroused Mexican politics, of territorial claims justified by history and ignited by cross-border incidents. "
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" The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers. "
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" To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone. "
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