War Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I think it is essential that America does not stumble into a stupid war with Iran.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears and aspirationis must be sacrificed.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

War on terrorism reflects, in my view, a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy for a superpower and for a…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

We have to make a really cold judgement. Would the consequence of civil war be more devastating than the consequences of staying…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

During the twentieth century, men fought on behalf of nationalism. Yet the wars they fought were also engendered by dislocations in world…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

If a new president personalizes a rather different concept of America and a different sense of America's mission in the world than…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Technology will make available to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Cold War did end in the victory of one side and in the defeat of the other. This reality cannot be…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

With the more endowed nations constrained by their own higher technological capacity for self-destruction as well as by self interest, war may…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I don't feel I was "born American," but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II and…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The congressional role in declaring war is especially important not when the United States is the victim of an attack, but when…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Acting alone in a world that's alive in political stirring is to condemn oneself to isolation and probably protracted warfare of the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

World War II and the ensuing Cold War compelled the United States to develop a sustained commitment to Western Europe and the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The costly unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency led to a decade of war in the Middle East and the derailment of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one,…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war in Afghanistan, unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation;…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I don't think there is an implicit obligation for the United States to follow like a stupid mule whatever the Israelis do.…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I don't feel I was 'born American,' but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II, and…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The war of choice in Iraq could never have gained the congressional support it got without the psychological linkage between the shock…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski