Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes


Acting alone in a world that's alive in political stirring is to condemn oneself to isolation and probably protracted warfare of the kind that can be dissipating.


Citations

Brzezinski, Zbigniew. Interview by Charlie Rose. The Charlie Rose Show, PBS, 2012.

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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Born: March 28, 1928
  • Died: May 26, 2017
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. As a scholar, Brzezinski belonged to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman. Brzezinski was the primary organizer of The Trilateral Commission.