Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone. "

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Nothing

Days

Cold

" With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Will

America

" I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset. "

" The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation. "

" 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. "

" Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline in U.S. power would reduce America's ability to aid Pakistan's consolidation and development. "

" A Russia that gradually begins to gravitate toward the West will also be a Russia that ceases to disrupt the international system. "

" I don't approve of the notion that we should be announcing who should step down from the position of a head of a state unless we are seriously prepared to remove that person. But if we are not, if we are being prudent and careful, then let's also be careful with how we talk. "

" 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. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Political

Influence

" The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Commitment and credibility go hand in hand. "

" 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. "

" Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating. "

" World War II and the ensuing Cold War compelled the United States to develop a sustained commitment to Western Europe and the Far East. "

" We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would. "

" Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Rushing to war is not a wise course of action. "

" I would like to promote internal change in Iran - which is more likely if we don't fuse Iranian nationalism with Iranian fundamentalism. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Change

Nationalism

" Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Uncomfortable

Want

" 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. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Fact

Wishes