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" I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy. "
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Strategy
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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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" 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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" The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel. "
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" We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. "
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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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" Missing from much of the public debate is discussion of the simple fact that lurking behind every terroristic act is a specific political antecedent. That does not justify either the perpetrator or his political cause. Nonetheless, the fact is that almost all terrorist activity originates from some political conflict and is sustained by it as well. "
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" I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? "
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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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" I have been struck by the pervasive frequency of pompously patriotic ads for the defense industry, usually accompanied by deferential salutations to our men and women who are heroically sacrificing their lives in our defense. Do we really need all of that for our security? "
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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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" 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? "
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History
Important
World
" Commitment and credibility go hand in hand. "
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Credibility
Hand
Commitment
" I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism. "
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Nationalism
More
" Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states. "
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Assertive
Dynamic
" 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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" Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall. "
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Support
Policy
Yes
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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World
Nationalism
Revolution
" 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. "
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" We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree. "
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" 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. "
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" Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. "
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" Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential. "
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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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" With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers. "
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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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" American power worldwide is at its historic zenith. "
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Zenith
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" Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand. "
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" The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses. "
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