"I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy……" — Robert Kagan
"I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles."
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Robert Kagan
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13 Quotes by Robert Kagan
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When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.
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International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in…
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Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be…
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Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new…
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I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic…
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In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part…
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Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.
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I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that…
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It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about…
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The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't…
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When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the…
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Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense…
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More Democracy Quotes
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
— Aristotle
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the…
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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
— Aristotle
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
— Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
— Giorgio Armani
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
— Richard Armitage
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
— Richard Armour
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
— Karen Armstrong
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
— Chinua Achebe
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
— Chinua Achebe
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
— Margaret Atwood
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