The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“Eighty years ago, Woodrow Wilson took America into the twentieth century with a challenge to make the world safe for democracy. As… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“The political history of the twentieth century is the story of greater and more direct political participation. And success kept expanding democracy's… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“Suppose the elections are free and fair and those elected are racists, fascists, separatists", said the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke about Yugoslavia… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“Legitimacy is the elixir of political power. "The strongest is never strong enough to be the master", Jean-Jaques Rousseau observed, "unless he… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
California has often led the country, indeed the world, in the technology, consumption, trends, lifestyles, and of course, mass entertainment. It is… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“The political history of the twentieth century is the story of greater and more direct political participation. And success kept expanding democracy's scope. Whatever… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
“For years many in the oil-rich states argued that their enormous wealth would bring modernizations. They pointed to the impressive appetites of Saudis and… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
Some have said that the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism illustrates the old maxim that religious freedom is the product of two equally pernicious… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
We have the leading companies and the leading sectors in the advanced industrial world, we have an incredibly dynamic society, and we have high… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system,… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share
