The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Benchmarks are targets that have to be fulfilled. They cannot be fulfilled in an indefinite period of time, so there are timetables… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Lets cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Speaking of a future at most only decades away, an experimenter in intelligence control asserted, “I foresee a time when we shall… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
For people of different faiths to coexist, it's going to take maturity, wisdom, and patience. All of which come, eventually, with tolerance.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Pessimism about America's future tends to underestimate its capacity for self-renewal. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
In early times, it was easier to control a million people than to kill a million. Today, it is infinitely easier to… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
One has to define very clearly what one's objectives are, determine in advance how much one is prepared to pay to achieve that objective… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
