Quotes by Zbigniew Brzezinski

About Zbigniew Brzezinski:

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski is an American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966–1968 and held the position of United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. Brzezinski belongs to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman.
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Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy

Zbigniew Brzezinski

[American exceptionalism] is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for simplistic sources of comfort and clarity. And the people that they are...

Zbigniew Brzezinski

We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in which foreign policy has to be endorsed by the people if it is to be pursued. And it makes it much more difficult for any p...

Zbigniew Brzezinski

We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Author Bio

  • NameZbigniew Brzezinski
  • DescriptionPolish-American politician
  • BornMarch 28, 1928
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Poland
  • ProfessionGeopolitician; Political Scientist; Politician; Educationist
  • WorksThe Grand Failure; The Grand Chessboard; Between Two Ages
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Order Of The White Eagle; Order Of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk; Presidential Medal Of Freedom