America Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

America is the number one superpower today in the world.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I think it is essential that America does not stumble into a stupid war with Iran.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Pessimism about America's future tends to underestimate its capacity for self-renewal.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I was confident about America and the idea that in America people can become American without masking their ethnic identity.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Henceforth, the United States may have to determine how to cope with regional coalitions that seek to push America out of Eurasia,…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I think President George W. Bush contributed very directly to the fact that the status of America as the world's only superpower…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Let's address the issue of how America deals with the Iraqis and how we deal with the region, recognize the fact that…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“The ongoing changes in the distribution of global power and mounting global strife make it all the more imperative that America not…

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The worsening of relations between a declining America and an internally troubled Mexico could even give rise to a particularly ominous phenomenon:…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The United States is prepared really to be engaged in the quest to get people in the world the dignities that they…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

For America, the chief geopolitical prize is Eurasia... Now a non-Eurasian power is preeminent in Eurasia - and America's global primacy is…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

In the long run, global politics are bound to become increasingly uncongenial to the concentration of hegemonic power in the hands of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

America is the only superpower. But our leadership is being tested in the Middle East, and some of the things that we…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

As America's nuclear strategic monopoly faded, the United States sought to create advantages elsewhere, notably in the peaceful cooperation between the United…

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If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The language of the internet is English, and an overwhelming proportion of the global computer chatter also originates from America, influencing the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Japan needs the American market and it also needs American security protection. Japan also needs America as the necessary stabilizer of an…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The scope of America's global hegemony is admittedly great, but its depth is shallow, limited by both domestic and external restraints.

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It follows that America's primary interest is to help ensure that no single power comes to control this geopolitical space and that…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I do think America has made it quite clear that it is in the interest both of America and China to avoid…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The political awakening that is happening worldwide is a major challenge for America, because it means that the world is much more…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I don't think…

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Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues,…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Today, with America being a beleaguered global power, in part because of its own mistakes, it is absolutely essential that the American…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski