Angry Quote by George Friedman

“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was…

— George Friedman

“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”

— George Friedman

Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted…

— George Friedman

Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's interesting, but…

— George Friedman

The Chinese have a long history of slaughtering each other without bothering their neighbors.

— George Friedman

Italy spills over to everything. Italy is a huge banking system. It has been the major banking system in Eastern Europe. It's worked with…

— George Friedman

If you go through the list of things that are not possible you're left with a very finite amount of possibilities. The fancy name…

— George Friedman

But every time new powers emerge they have to find their balance. New powers are emerging, old powers are declining. It's not that process…

— George Friedman

We cannot anticipate the moral circumstances under which we will live. And therefore [I refuse] to say that I will not live in a…

— George Friedman

“While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens feel and…

— George Friedman

War is an extraordinary condition to be in - to be, for example, in the combat information center of a warship [and behaving] as…

— George Friedman

When you're young and going to war, it's a genuinely exciting moment. You are going to risk yourself. On the battlefield, you are suddenly…

— George Friedman