Recent presidents have gone off on ad hoc adventures. They have set unattainable goal because they have framed the issue incorrectly, as… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“The idea that the president has the power to craft a new strategy both overstates his power and understates the power of… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Politicians are enormously smart and rational. They don't have the same interests as businessmen ... But a man rises to the top… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run–… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's interesting, but… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The Chinese have a long history of slaughtering each other without bothering their neighbors. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Italy spills over to everything. Italy is a huge banking system. It has been the major banking system in Eastern Europe. It's worked with… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
If you go through the list of things that are not possible you're left with a very finite amount of possibilities. The fancy name… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
But every time new powers emerge they have to find their balance. New powers are emerging, old powers are declining. It's not that process… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
We cannot anticipate the moral circumstances under which we will live. And therefore [I refuse] to say that I will not live in a… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens feel and… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
War is an extraordinary condition to be in - to be, for example, in the combat information center of a warship [and behaving] as… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
When you're young and going to war, it's a genuinely exciting moment. You are going to risk yourself. On the battlefield, you are suddenly… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
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