“While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Success will require the studied lack of sophistication of a Ronald Reagan and the casual dishonesty of an FDR. The president must… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Now if you can recognize and memorize a grandmaster's game, and you have the respect to understand [Zimbabwean president Robert] Mugabe who… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“If the cost of naming the enemy is diplomatically or politically unacceptable, then the war is not likely to go well.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Their job as leader was not to solve the problem – the president really has little control over the economy – but… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“The reality is that the American people have no desire for an empire. This is not to say that they don't want… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Great powers can tend to be casual because the situation is not existential. This increases the cost of doing what is necessary.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's interesting, but… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The Chinese have a long history of slaughtering each other without bothering their neighbors. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Italy spills over to everything. Italy is a huge banking system. It has been the major banking system in Eastern Europe. It's worked with… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
If you go through the list of things that are not possible you're left with a very finite amount of possibilities. The fancy name… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
But every time new powers emerge they have to find their balance. New powers are emerging, old powers are declining. It's not that process… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
We cannot anticipate the moral circumstances under which we will live. And therefore [I refuse] to say that I will not live in a… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens feel and… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
War is an extraordinary condition to be in - to be, for example, in the combat information center of a warship [and behaving] as… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
When you're young and going to war, it's a genuinely exciting moment. You are going to risk yourself. On the battlefield, you are suddenly… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
