Today it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
In early times, it was easier to control a million people than to kill a million. Today, it is infinitely easier to… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The United States is prepared really to be engaged in the quest to get people in the world the dignities that they… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Today, with America being a beleaguered global power, in part because of its own mistakes, it is absolutely essential that the American… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I don't think… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Today we are again witnessing the emergence of transnational elites ... [Whose] ties cut across national boundaries ...It is likely that before… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Once the Eastern Bloc collapsed, what I call 'historical spontaneity' prevailed and the countries that were subject to Soviet control naturally gravitated… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
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. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
One has to define very clearly what one's objectives are, determine in advance how much one is prepared to pay to achieve that objective… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
I think the sheer attrition of American global domination will create circumstances in which the Chinese will be tempted to reach out for more… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share
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