Fareed Zakaria Quotes

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.

American influence is not what it used to be.

Being forced to write clearly means, first, you have to think clearly.

Liberal education should give people the skills that will help them get ready for their sixth job, not their first job.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.

Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

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

British rule meant not democracy -colonialism is almost by definition underdemocratic - but limited constitutional liberalism and capitalism

There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

Low interest rates and cheap credit also cause people to act foolishly or greedily ...

I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.

The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.

If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

The world is changing very profoundly.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.

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

Liberty came to the West centuries before democracy. Liberty led to democracy and not the other way around.

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

Americans speak few languages, know little about foreign cultures, and remain unconvinced that they need to rectify this.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.

The education system is an increasingly powerful mechanism for the intergenerational reproduction of privilege.

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.

The real challenges that the country faces come from the winners, not the losers, of the new world.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.

The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.

I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.

One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.

Foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

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

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

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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.

The Romans saw loss of virtue all around them. The Victorians decried the decline in religiosity in the next generation.

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Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.

What we need in politics today is not more democracy but less.

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

A nations path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and that militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.

Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.

The problem is that Islam does not have a pope, so there's no one guy to say, 'This isn't kosher' ... Not that he would.

Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism.

It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

The basic problem for American workers of all ages has been that their hours and productivity keep rising but their wages do not.