Global Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski Download Open image “All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.” — Zbigniew Brzezinski ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Global Historical History Power Pretenders
Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Eurasia is the world's axial supercontinent. A power that dominated Eurasia would exercise decisive influence over two of the world's three most economically productive… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Hundreds of thousands of years ago a very powerful civilization lived in what we now call North America. They congregated around power places -… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I contemplate the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“For thousands of years, imperial conquests have been launched by Asians, Africans, and indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, as well as by Europeans.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Well then, I will tell you. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
In the longer run, I happen to think that Russia really has no choice but to become gradually more associated with the Euro-Atlantic community.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Basically, I see Iran as an authentic nation-state. And that authentic identity gives it cohesion, which most of the Middle East lacks. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
One has to define very clearly what one's objectives are, determine in advance how much one is prepared to pay to achieve that objective… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible. — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
'The Hunger Games' takes place in Panem, a country which is part of America. It's post-apocalyptic. There's been a global war. The Panem country… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
“The leader’s commandment is made up of pledges to solve local and global problems, and not to create more problems to add to the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global… — Leroy Hood Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I'm not a Little Englander. Historically, British people have always been travellers. I look in the world as one place. You have to think… — Jeremy Thomas Copy Share Image
Global is a unifying bond for people. Once they get outside their own heads and their own communities and see themselves in a broader… — Kathy Calvin Copy Share Image