President Quotes by George Friedman
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George Friedman’s nine statements on the President cut straight to the strategic implications of leadership. His geopolitical lens frames the office as a pivotal point in global affairs, even in this brief collection.
![“Now if you can recognize and memorize a grandmaster's game, and you have the respect to understand [Zimbabwean president Robert] Mugabe who has survived past anyone's expectations, and make the simple assumption it wasn't an accident, and you understand why he did what he did, now you're ready to…” quote by George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7fb/george-friedman-7436_accidents_now-if-you-can-recognize-and-memorize-a_900589.jpg)
![“We cannot anticipate the moral circumstances under which we will live. And therefore [I refuse] to say that I will not live in a moral circumstance that requires violence.” quote by George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/313/george-friedman-7436_anticipate_we-cannot-anticipate-the-moral-circumsta_260342.jpg)
![“War is an extraordinary condition to be in - to be, for example, in the combat information center of a warship [and behaving] as though you were merely processing credit card applications. [Instead,] the information you're processing is that an incoming missile is 15 kilometers away, now 10…” quote by George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ea7/george-friedman-7436_ancient_war-is-an-extraordinary-condition-to-be_312426.jpg)
