--- title: "5 George w Quotes By Daniel Fried" description: "5 George w quotes by Daniel Fried. Plus more from Daniel Fried and more George w sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/daniel-fried-8925_able_george-w-bush-tried-working-with-the-rus_482555.jpg" --- > [George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/daniel-fried-8925_able_george-w-bush-tried-working-with-the-rus_482555.jpg) > [I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/daniel-fried-8925_george-bush_i-think-that-president-george-w-bush-was_542550.jpg) > [Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/daniel-fried-8925_america_republicans-reagan-but-also-george-w-bus_733016.jpg) > [The usual practice is that the people in their jobs keep their jobs until their successors are named. Now, that's the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/the-usual-practice-is-that-the-people-in-their-jobs-keep-their-jobs/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/daniel-fried-8925_administration_the-usual-practice-is-that-the-people-in_1875500.jpg) > [9/11 was a genuine trauma, and President George W. Bush rallied the country. I think the Iraq war was ill-considered, but there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/9-11-was-a-genuine-trauma-and-president-george-w-bush-rallied-the/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/daniel-fried-8925_circumstances_9-11-was-a-genuine-trauma-and-president_3105716.jpg) ## Other authors on George w ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/george-w/daniel-fried/#itemlist", "name": "5 George w Quotes By Daniel Fried", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. 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