Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

Global challenges also require global solutions, and few indeed are the situations in which the United States or any other country can act completely alone.

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.

America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America.

You don’t do foreign policy unilaterally. Foreign policy is a team sport.

The United Nations should serve as a forum to address our common challenges. And it must also be a space to generate solutions for mutual benefit. This is the very essence of what the United Nations is about. We must position the multilateral system to better serve our people and deliver on their aspirations.

It's important that all around the globe that the United States is pursuing the most effective foreign policy possible.

I think this country and the world would be far better off if the US is not an outlaw state.

International politics is no longer a zero-sum game but a multi-dimensional arena where cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of blood feuds. World leaders are expected to lead in turning threats into opportunities.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.

The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those most critical of what America does abroad, will suffer.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

Those who say that America has to dominate the world, and that you either have to control everything or go home, don't understand the way power is projected.

Governments can expect to act multilaterally or unilaterally—but not have it both ways at the same time.

There is no way that any major international problem anywhere in the world can be solved efficiently with the United States sitting on the sideline.

It’s not a dictatorship in the United States. But it is dictatorial to the rest of the world. Who’s going to say no?

You can’t go it alone even if you are the world’s only superpower.

Listen to others. Do not conduct foreign policy only according to your own ideology. Do not conduct foreign policy only with an eye on domestic politics.