Fareed Zakaria Quotes

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

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

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

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.

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.

It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now universal.

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

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

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.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

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

There is no way to turn off this global economy, nor should one try. Every previous expansion of global capitalism has led to greater prosperity across the world.

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

Culture follows power.

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

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

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

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

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

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.

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.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.

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

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

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

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.

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

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

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

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

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.

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

A nation's path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and ... militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

American influence is not what it used to be.

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

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

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

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

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

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

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