--- title: "1 Korea Leader Quotes By Fareed Zakaria" description: "1 Korea Leader quotes by Fareed Zakaria. Plus more from Fareed Zakaria and more Korea Leader sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/fareed-zakaria-3805_attention_china-is-ruthlessly-pragmatic-it-support_2772033.jpg" --- > [China is ruthlessly pragmatic. It supports North Korea for its own selfish interests. And I believe that China no longer considers us an ally. The current president, Xi Jinping, cultivates close relations with South Korea. He has never met with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/china-is-ruthlessly-pragmatic-it-supports-north-korea-for-its-own/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/fareed-zakaria-3805_attention_china-is-ruthlessly-pragmatic-it-support_2772033.jpg) ## More by Fareed Zakaria > [I grew up in Mumbai.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/i-grew-up-in-mumbai/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [“The political history of the twentieth century is the story of greater and more direct political participation. And success kept expanding democracy's scope. Whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/the-political-history-of-the-twentieth-century-is-the-story-of/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/no-successful-political-transition-can-take-place-without-leaders-and/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [“For years many in the oil-rich states argued that their enormous wealth would bring modernizations. They pointed to the impressive appetites of Saudis and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/for-years-many-in-the-oil-rich-states-argued-that-their-enormous/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/it-all-looks-american-because-america-the-country-that-invented-mass/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/if-you-listen-to-the-political-discourse-in-america-today-you-would/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/thanks-to-the-communist-party-of-china-we-now-know-the-path-to/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/i-very-much-want-to-be-in-the-business-of-creating-content-of-doing/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/it-s-not-possible-for-two-countries-to-be-the-leading-dominant/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [Some have said that the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism illustrates the old maxim that religious freedom is the product of two equally pernicious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/some-have-said-that-the-clash-between-catholicism-and-protestantism/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/i-am-an-american-not-by-accident-of-birth-but-by-choice-i-voted-with/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [“What we need in politics today is not more democracy but less.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-more-democracy-but-less/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [We have the leading companies and the leading sectors in the advanced industrial world, we have an incredibly dynamic society, and we have high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/we-have-the-leading-companies-and-the-leading-sectors-in-the-advanced/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/what-we-see-today-is-an-american-economy-that-has-boomed-because-of/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) > [If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/if-a-senator-calls-me-up-and-asks-me-what-should-we-do-in-iraq-i-m/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/korea-leader/fareed-zakaria/#itemlist", "name": "1 Korea Leader Quotes By Fareed Zakaria", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "China is ruthlessly pragmatic. 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