If you lose yourself to rage in the complexity of battle, you are going to be lost. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“If the cost of naming the enemy is diplomatically or politically unacceptable, then the war is not likely to go well.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
When I went to war, I did not go making geopolitical calculations. I went to war with a lust. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the human condition is that the thing that makes us most human - community - originates in the inhumanity… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The important thing in war is that there is an element of rage, but you must remain very distant from it. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
In a way, we can have a much easier discussion about the future of technology than we can about why a young… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Every theory I've seen that contains an explanation of war fails. I think they fail for the same reason that explanations of… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The British bombed German cities [during World War II] to keep the workers awake at night. So instead of dropping one bomb,… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
There has never been a century that has not had a systemic war - a systemic war, meaning when the entire system… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
What is the great fear of the United States? That an Eastern power will build a navy to challenge us. How do… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
I cannot understand how something as ubiquitous as war can simply be dismissed as pathological. It is not clear to me that… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
I think the personal and psychological aspects of war remain the same. War is about killing and dying. A man or woman… — 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… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
There is a radical and unprecedented shift [in war] that is part of the general transformation of civilization. First, understand that the… — 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… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“I had a son in 1976. When I went to Europe, I met an Italian and we became friends. We would talk… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“President Obama dropped the term 'war on terror', and rightly so. Terrorism is not an enemy but a type of warfare that… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
One definition of the wicked is that they will resort to whatever means are necessary to achieve their ends. Therefore, if those… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
By the 20th century, war ceased to be an encounter between two armies. It became an encounter between two societies, because a… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
War and sex are what I call the two abysmal - by that I mean deep - parts of the human condition. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
The man who hates war more than he hates the Nazis is a wicked man. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Well the most likely emerging countries are Japan, Turkey, and Poland. So I would say Eastern Europe, the Middle East and a… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
War to me is very much like sex. You can develop a theory that says sex is primarily for the exchange of… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Because the US has control of the sea. Because the US has built up its wealth. Because the US is the only… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
When you have the countries like Germany, China, and Russia decline, and be replaced by others, that's when systemic wars start. That's… — 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
![“The British bombed German cities [during World War II] to keep the workers awake at night. So instead of dropping one bomb, we sent a thousand planes and, yes, we took out the factory sometimes, but we also took out the city. It reached the point where we wanted more efficient ways to destroy a…” quote by George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09e/george-friedman-7436_awake_the-british-bombed-german-cities-during_2073212.jpg)
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