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And from this story I learned about the geopolitics of taking out one's salami. — George Friedman

Japan will need to foster deep — George Friedman

Great powers can tend to be casual because the situation is not existential. This increases the cost of doing what is necessary. — George Friedman

The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president. — George Friedman

A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there is no obligation to be honest about it. — George Friedman

There are endless unknowns, and no forecast of a century can be either complete or utterly correct. — George Friedman

Terrorism is an act of violence whose primary purpose is to create fear and, through that, a political result. — George Friedman

Strategy is something that emerges from reality, while tactics might be chosen. — George Friedman

In some sense, the military is the most modern part of a developing country. — George Friedman

It is interesting to note that Copernicus was German/Polish, Luther was German, and Gutenberg was German. — George Friedman

The Enlightenment sought to rid the world of myths, but the nation could not justify itself without them. — George Friedman

Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope. — George Friedman

Hitler believed nothing, so he was free to believe in anything. — George Friedman

The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends. — George Friedman

... common sense is the one thing that will certainly be wrong. — George Friedman

When you drill down and see the forces that are shaping nations, you can see that the menu from which they choose is limited. — George Friedman

It is good, as I have said, to be neither victim nor victimizer. Unfortunately, it is not possible. What — George Friedman

If the cost of naming the enemy is diplomatically or politically unacceptable, then the war is not likely to go well. — George Friedman

The most efficient way to use military power is to disrupt emerging powers before they can become even marginally threatening. — George Friedman

The pursuit of universal rights requires more than speeches. It requires power. — George Friedman

A century is about events. A decade is about people. — George Friedman

It mattered a great deal who occupied your country. The — George Friedman

Empires always spawn demons, — George Friedman

In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests. — George Friedman

The nation provided a human with the things that are most human - language and a past that stretched back before his birth. — George Friedman

The American people must mature. We are an adolescent lot, expecting solutions to insoluble problems and perfection in our leaders. — George Friedman

since the EU was created, there have been more wars in Europe than between 1945 and 1992. Many — George Friedman

Maintaining the balance of power should be as fundamental to American foreign policy as the Bill of Rights is to domestic policy. — George Friedman

Nations do not become strong because they feel like it but because they must. — George Friedman

All great economists are tall. There are two exceptions: John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman. — George Stigler