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title: "2 American identity Quotes By Daniel Fried"
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> [America's grand strategy did not come from nowhere. It followed from our deeper conception of ourselves, and our American identity. Who are we, Americans? What is our nation? We are not an ethnostate with identity rooted in shared blood. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/america-s-grand-strategy-did-not-come-from-nowhere-it-followed-from/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

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> [We are a new nation conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. That's what makes us Americans. When we sign onto that belief, we sign onto the core American identity, and that's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/we-are-a-new-nation-conceived-in-liberty-and-dedicated-to-the/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

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## More by Daniel Fried

> [We're a little bit low in the 1970s, right, post-Vietnam, Watergate era, malaise, all that, but this is more like the 1930s where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/we-re-a-little-bit-low-in-the-1970s-right-post-vietnam-watergate-era/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-russia-is-pushing-against-the-west-in-general-not-just-the/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [ \[Russians\] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don't mean bring us down… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russians-want-to-bring-us-down-to-make-them-feel-better-about-the/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/it-was-my-honor-to-have-done-what-i-could-do-to-help-i-learned-to/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-that-hillary-clinton-has-an-appreciation-that-american-power/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that's in our American interests. It's its good that the West is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/the-west-in-its-modern-form-since-1945-is-a-miracle-and-that-s-in-our/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my time is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/nothing-can-be-taken-for-granted-and-this-great-achievement-is-now/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/two-world-wars-are-sufficient-and-we-are-the-ones-who-supported-this/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/george-w-bush-tried-working-with-the-russians-after-9-11-obama-had/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-am-not-one-of-these-people-that-believes-that-russia-is-doomed-or/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-that-president-george-w-bush-was-ahead-of-most-of-his/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [ In my view, \[Vladimir\] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/in-my-view-vladimir-putin-despises-the-west-in-general-and-the-united/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [ \[Russians would like to\] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-west-and-its-institutions-create/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/republicans-reagan-but-also-george-w-bush-believed-in-freedom-and/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

> [At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/at-least-in-my-country-we-have-come-to-accept-the-flags-burning-but/)

[Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/)

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