There are a lot of policies that don't work out that are nevertheless worth doing. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
America's sanctions policy remains intact, and it will remain intact until it changes, if it does, and I'm not sure it will. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I am not against working with Russia in areas of common interests at the same time. We're smart enough, or we should… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
If we blunt Russian efforts now to be aggressive, we may be pleasantly surprised by the policy options that become available to… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Realism as a foreign policy doctrine means basically you don't care about values; you consider them a luxury, and it leads to… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The American tradition of foreign policy exceptionalism, our grand strategy as a nation, reaches back much further. Really at the turn -… — 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… — 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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[Russians would like to] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists on the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
