Robert Kagan Quotes

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• When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.
• International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of…
• Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.
• Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it…
• I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.
• In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides…
• Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.
• I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.
• I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide…
• It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age…
• The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because…
• When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have…
• Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between Eastern…

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