George Friedman

War and sex are what I call the two abysmal - by that I mean deep - parts of the human condition.

— George Friedman

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

“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

What is revolutionary today is that we're using precision-guided munitions. And instead of building individual weapons, we are building an industry and…

— George Friedman

What is American strategy first of all? So American strategy is to command the seas, right? The foundation of our power is…

— George Friedman

The poets think about war more than the social scientists.

— George Friedman

Well what are our geopolitical objectives? First, that North America be peaceful, prosperous, dominated by the United States. Second, that no nation…

— George Friedman

So you go to Brookings, or you go to Heritage or others, they know their position on any subject before they research…

— George Friedman

Because the US has control of the sea. Because the US has built up its wealth. Because the US is the only…

— George Friedman

Anger does not make history. Power does. And power may be supplemented by anger, but it derives from more fundamental realities; geography,…

— George Friedman

Well the most likely emerging countries are Japan, Turkey, and Poland. So I would say Eastern Europe, the Middle East and a…

— George Friedman

The man who hates war more than he hates the Nazis is a wicked man.

— George Friedman

The warrior must continue to make decisions in the face of extreme circumstances. He cannot afford to get angry or frightened.

— George Friedman

One of the great famines in human history took place during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. [At the same time] Western journalists were…

— George Friedman

Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term…

— George Friedman

War to me is very much like sex. You can develop a theory that says sex is primarily for the exchange of…

— George Friedman