Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world.

Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America.

When E.U. governments are able to agree on political and economic policies, they will remain a superpower to influence the Americans, the Russians, Indians and Chinese over the coming decades. Britain on its own would resume the decline which continued through most of the 20th century.

The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context in which she holds her power has now radically altered.

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall ideological trends of the world.

I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things.

The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.

There is an irreplaceable ally. It's called the United States of America.

If you get a President (Hillary) Clinton, you might well find, just as after Vietnam, that there is a retraction from Iraq and of American influence in the world. And in a couple of years the Europeans will be complaining about that too.

Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security.

One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.

We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an empire puts all of us in jeopardy. The American Empire, while it was just wreaking havoc on other nations, didn't bother us.

Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.

I happen to think that as the Ukraine moves to the West, towards the E.U., eventually towards NATO, it will pave the way also for Russia moving towards the West. Because it will become a logical extension of the same process, and it will eliminate any imperial ambitions.

China should go into North Korea. China is totally powerful as it relates to North Korea.

Europeans are greater than they have been since any time since the end of the Cold War.

Defying History and Theory: The United States as the 'Last Remaining Superpower,'

With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.

Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

In the period after the Second World War, there were still leaders in Europe who represented weak countries, but possessed a sense of global foreign policy. Nowadays, on the other hand, there are politicians who represent pretty powerful countries, but whose citizens are not prepared to sacrifice themselves for the state.