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Zbigniew Brzezinski

American Politician

Born: Mar 28, 1928

Died: May 26, 2017

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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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The war of choice in Iraq could never have gained the congressional support it got without the psychological linkage between the shock of 9/11 and the postulated existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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There's something troubling about a condition in which one country alone, which has roughly 5 percent of the world's population, spends more than 50 percent of the world's defense budgets. There's something weird about it. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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? Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

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

Future Change Will Past Through Part Come Iran Confrontation Engagement

The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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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. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

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