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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. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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" 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. "

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" The congressional role in declaring war is especially important not when the United States is the victim of an attack, but when the United States is planning to wage war abroad. "

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" 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. "

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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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" Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership. "

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" Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively. "

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" American power worldwide is at its historic zenith. "

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

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

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" We all have the right to comment about each other. "

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" It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety. "

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" Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states. "

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" We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold War - and nothing happened. So deterrence does work. "

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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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" Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity. "

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" I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation. "

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" We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists. "

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" 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. "

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" It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam. "

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