Daniel Fried

The sense the great democracies of the world - Europe, the United States, Japan, others - are going to set the agenda…

— Daniel Fried

It's said that Putin can't stand Hillary Clinton. I don't know that for a fact, but it certainly looks that way, but…

— Daniel Fried

I'm one of the many people who has said that the Hillary Clinton we know in private was effective, strong, courageous, and…

— Daniel Fried

Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup.

— Daniel Fried

Realism as a foreign policy doctrine means basically you don't care about values; you consider them a luxury, and it leads to…

— Daniel Fried

America is not an ethnostate. We are not rooted in blood and soil.

— Daniel Fried

Remember, the American grand strategy works when other countries feel secure. But it doesn't work if we acquiesce in the aggression of…

— Daniel Fried

Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will…

— Daniel Fried

Putinsim is not necessarily the end state for Russia. Russia has moved in many directions since the early 1980s.

— Daniel Fried

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on…

— Daniel Fried

We Americans are focused on Russia`s attacks with our electoral system and we`re consumed with that. But Russia is pushing against the…

— Daniel Fried

My 40 years in the foreign service and the careers of many of my friends became associated with the fall of the…

— Daniel Fried

There is nothing wrong when the Trump administration says it wants to find areas of common ground to work with Russia -…

— Daniel Fried

The Russians are using the tools at their disposal to weaken Western solidarity, to create doubt, to support nationalist parties, just as…

— Daniel Fried

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

— Daniel Fried

Nationalism ... is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.

— Daniel Fried

Russia is an aggressive revisionist power. And they are working - there's evidence they're working to interfere not just in our electoral…

— Daniel Fried

We have a deep sense of American equality and opportunity, and that informs the way in which we brought our American power…

— Daniel Fried

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

— Daniel Fried

America's security and prosperity didn't work unless other nations were also secure, and prosperous. There had to be something in it for…

— Daniel Fried

The usual practice is that the people in their jobs keep their jobs until their successors are named. Now, that`s the way…

— Daniel Fried

We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts…

— Daniel Fried

I am not against working with Russia in areas of common interests at the same time. We're smart enough, or we should…

— Daniel Fried

Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the…

— Daniel Fried

Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems…

— Daniel Fried