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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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" 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. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone. "

" I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive. "

" The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void. "

" Commitment and credibility go hand in hand. "

" America's decline would set in motion tectonic shifts undermining the political stability of the entire Middle East. "

" We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult. "

" The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. "

" 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

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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. "

" Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences. "

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

" 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? "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't feel I was 'born American,' but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II, and I craved something I could identify with. When I became a student at Harvard in the 1950s, America very quickly filled the vacuum. I felt I was American, but I think it's more revealing of America how quickly others here accepted me. "

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