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 there are blips. History doesn't proceed in a linear way. — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
I've always had a Marxist understanding of history: democracy is a result of a broad modernization process that happens in every country. Neocons think the use of political power can force the pace of change, but ultimately it depends on… — 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“The only part of the world where tribalism was fully superseded by more voluntary and individualistic forms of social relationship was Europe, where Christianity… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image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
