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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. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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" 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. "

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" Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content. "

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" 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. "

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" We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. "

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" If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran? "

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

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" 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. "

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" We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old. "

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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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" In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option. "

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

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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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" All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia. "

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" Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders. "

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" American power worldwide is at its historic zenith. "

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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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" 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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" The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable. "

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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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" I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy. "

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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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" 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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