--- title: "15 West Quotes By Daniel Fried" description: "15 West quotes by Daniel Fried. Plus more from Daniel Fried and more West sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/daniel-fried-8925_despise_russia-despises-the-west-and-is-doing-wh_2350691.jpg" --- > [Russia despises the West. And is doing what it can to weaken the West.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russia-despises-the-west-and-is-doing-what-it-can-to-weaken-the-west/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/daniel-fried-8925_despise_russia-despises-the-west-and-is-doing-wh_2350691.jpg) > [Internal reform in Russia would require a better relationship with the West.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/internal-reform-in-russia-would-require-a-better-relationship-with/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/daniel-fried-8925_internals_internal-reform-in-russia-would-require_1185163.jpg) > [I think the West is in a low point we haven't seen since the 1930s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-the-west-is-in-a-low-point-we-haven-t-seen-since-the-1930s/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/daniel-fried-8925_1930s_i-think-the-west-is-in-a-low-point-we-ha_1167634.jpg) > [Our mistakes, blunders, flaws, and shortcomings notwithstanding, the world America made after 1945 and 1989 has enjoyed the longest period of general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/our-mistakes-blunders-flaws-and-shortcomings-notwithstanding-the/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/daniel-fried-8925_america_our-mistakes-blunders-flaws-and-shortcom_2929652.jpg) > [Sanctions are a strong and agreed element of the West's response to Russia's aggression. It is puzzling to me that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/sanctions-are-a-strong-and-agreed-element-of-the-west-s-response-to/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/daniel-fried-8925_aggression_sanctions-are-a-strong-and-agreed-elemen_2826909.jpg) > [The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that's in our American interests. It's its good that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/the-west-in-its-modern-form-since-1945-is-a-miracle-and-that-s-in-our/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/daniel-fried-8925_form_the-west-in-its-modern-form-since-1945-i_432118.jpg) > [I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-russia-is-pushing-against-the-west-in-general-not-just-the/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/daniel-fried-8925_assault_i-think-russia-is-pushing-against-the-we_211516.jpg) > [We Americans are focused on Russia's attacks with our electoral system and we're consumed with that. But Russia is pushing against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/we-americans-are-focused-on-russia-s-attacks-with-our-electoral/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/daniel-fried-8925_consumed_we-americans-are-focused-on-russia-s-att_1631331.jpg) > [ In my view, \[Vladimir\] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/in-my-view-vladimir-putin-despises-the-west-in-general-and-the-united/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/daniel-fried-8925_despise_in-my-view-vladimir-putin-despises-the-w_592889.jpg) > [I believe the liberal international order is under assault from Russia, and from other authoritarian regimes, and it is being questioned from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-believe-the-liberal-international-order-is-under-assault-from/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/daniel-fried-8925_assault_i-believe-the-liberal-international-orde_2328444.jpg) > [For two generations up through the mid-1980s, many thought we were losing the Cold War, even in early 1989, few believed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/for-two-generations-up-through-the-mid-1980s-many-thought-we-were/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/daniel-fried-8925_20th-century_for-two-generations-up-through-the-mid-1_843111.jpg) > [The Russian myth that they broadcast to the world, and have their various surrogates in the West repeat, is that somehow the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/the-russian-myth-that-they-broadcast-to-the-world-and-have-their/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/daniel-fried-8925_advantage_the-russian-myth-that-they-broadcast-to_3071112.jpg) > [ISIS is the near-term threat, and that the longer - or the mid-term challenge is managing the rise of China. There's some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/isis-is-the-near-term-threat-and-that-the-longer-or-the-mid-term/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/daniel-fried-8925_administration_isis-is-the-near-term-threat-and-that-th_2302426.jpg) > [ \[Russians would like to\] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-west-and-its-institutions-create/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/daniel-fried-8925_atmosphere_russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-wes_660900.jpg) > [Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russia-comes-from-a-place-of-deep-resentment-against-the-west-in/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/daniel-fried-8925_able_russia-comes-from-a-place-of-deep-resent_1006804.jpg) ## Other authors on West ## More by Daniel Fried > [We're a little bit low in the 1970s, right, post-Vietnam, Watergate era, malaise, all that, but this is more like the 1930s where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/we-re-a-little-bit-low-in-the-1970s-right-post-vietnam-watergate-era/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-russia-is-pushing-against-the-west-in-general-not-just-the/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [ \[Russians\] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don't mean bring us down… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russians-want-to-bring-us-down-to-make-them-feel-better-about-the/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/it-was-my-honor-to-have-done-what-i-could-do-to-help-i-learned-to/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-that-hillary-clinton-has-an-appreciation-that-american-power/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that's in our American interests. It's its good that the West is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/the-west-in-its-modern-form-since-1945-is-a-miracle-and-that-s-in-our/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my time is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/nothing-can-be-taken-for-granted-and-this-great-achievement-is-now/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/two-world-wars-are-sufficient-and-we-are-the-ones-who-supported-this/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/george-w-bush-tried-working-with-the-russians-after-9-11-obama-had/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-am-not-one-of-these-people-that-believes-that-russia-is-doomed-or/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-think-that-president-george-w-bush-was-ahead-of-most-of-his/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [ In my view, \[Vladimir\] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/in-my-view-vladimir-putin-despises-the-west-in-general-and-the-united/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [ \[Russians would like to\] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-west-and-its-institutions-create/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/republicans-reagan-but-also-george-w-bush-believed-in-freedom-and/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) > [At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/at-least-in-my-country-we-have-come-to-accept-the-flags-burning-but/) [Daniel Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-fried/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/west/daniel-fried/#itemlist", "name": "15 West Quotes By Daniel Fried", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Russia despises the West. 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But Russia is pushing against the West generally.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Fried" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/we-americans-are-focused-on-russia-s-attacks-with-our-electoral/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/daniel-fried-8925_consumed_we-americans-are-focused-on-russia-s-att_1631331.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/daniel-fried-8925_consumed_we-americans-are-focused-on-russia-s-att_1631331.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/daniel-fried-8925_consumed_we-americans-are-focused-on-russia-s-att_1631331.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We Americans are focused on Russia's attacks with our electoral system and we're consumed with that. 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We've gone through periods like this before; in the '70s, after Vietnam and Watergate, and certainly in the '30s, when people thought liberal democracy was dead, and the future belonged either to the fascists or the communists.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Fried" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/i-believe-the-liberal-international-order-is-under-assault-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/daniel-fried-8925_assault_i-believe-the-liberal-international-orde_2328444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/daniel-fried-8925_assault_i-believe-the-liberal-international-orde_2328444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/daniel-fried-8925_assault_i-believe-the-liberal-international-orde_2328444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe the liberal international order is under assault from Russia, and from other authoritarian…” — Daniel Fried", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For two generations up through the mid-1980s, many thought we were losing the Cold War, even in early 1989, few believed that Poland's solidarity movement could win, that the Iron Curtain would come down, that the Baltic states could be free, that the second of the 20th century's great evils, communism, could be vanquished without war, but it happened and the West's great institutions, NATO and the E.U., grew to embrace 100 million liberated Europeans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Fried" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/for-two-generations-up-through-the-mid-1980s-many-thought-we-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/daniel-fried-8925_20th-century_for-two-generations-up-through-the-mid-1_843111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/daniel-fried-8925_20th-century_for-two-generations-up-through-the-mid-1_843111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/daniel-fried-8925_20th-century_for-two-generations-up-through-the-mid-1_843111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For two generations up through the mid-1980s, many thought we were losing the Cold War, even in early 1989…” — Daniel Fried", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Russian myth that they broadcast to the world, and have their various surrogates in the West repeat, is that somehow the West took advantage of them, that we were mean to them. That writes out of history everything Strobe Talbott and Bill Clinton tried to do with Boris Yeltsin. Strobe Talbott leaned forward doing everything he could to help the Russians, and frankly, I have little patience for the notion that we gave them nothing but bad advice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Fried" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/the-russian-myth-that-they-broadcast-to-the-world-and-have-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/daniel-fried-8925_advantage_the-russian-myth-that-they-broadcast-to_3071112.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/daniel-fried-8925_advantage_the-russian-myth-that-they-broadcast-to_3071112.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/daniel-fried-8925_advantage_the-russian-myth-that-they-broadcast-to_3071112.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Russian myth that they broadcast to the world, and have their various surrogates in the West repeat, is…” — Daniel Fried", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "ISIS is the near-term threat, and that the longer - or the mid-term challenge is managing the rise of China. There's some evidence that that's the thinking of the [Donald Trump] administration. That's a perfectly reasonable approach. 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Weaken the West in general and create an atmosphere in which we're uncertain about ourselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Fried" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-fried/russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-west-and-its-institutions-create/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/daniel-fried-8925_atmosphere_russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-wes_660900.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/daniel-fried-8925_atmosphere_russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-wes_660900.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/daniel-fried-8925_atmosphere_russians-would-like-to-undermine-the-wes_660900.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Russians would like to] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts…” — Daniel Fried", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. 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