Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
[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… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my time is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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