Author: Fareed Zakaria

Quotes

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

- Fareed Zakaria

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

- Fareed Zakaria

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

- Fareed Zakaria

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

- Fareed Zakaria

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

- Fareed Zakaria

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

- Fareed Zakaria

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

- Fareed Zakaria

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

- Fareed Zakaria

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

- Fareed Zakaria

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