“But it is not necessarily the case that liberal democracy is the political system best suited to resolving social conflicts per se. A democracy's ability to peacefully resolve conflicts is greatest when those conflicts arise between socalled "interest groups" that… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share
“A political system that is all checks and balances is potentially no more successful than one with no checks, because governments periodically need strong and decisive action.” — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
“For Hegel , by contrast, liberal society is a reciprocal and equal agreement among citizens to mutually recognize each other” — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
“The only part of the world where tribalism was fully superseded by more voluntary and individualistic forms of social relationship was Europe, where Christianity… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
I've figured out in the course of my life that the one thing I'm good at doing is writing books, and it would be… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
In the future the optimal form of industrial organization will be neither small companies nor large ones but network structures that share the advantages… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Be afraid of the Chinese. I mean, the Chinese shoot down satellites in space; they hack into Google's computers; the Osama bin Laden people… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
If people who have to work together in an enterprise trust one another it is because they are all operating to a common set… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Neoclassical economics ... has uncovered important truths about the nature of money and markets because its fundamental model of rational self-interested human behavior is… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to people. But… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
