Sandy Berger Quotes
We cannot turn back the tides of globalization any more than King Knute [995-1035] could turn back the tides.
Knute the Great, King of Norway and England, was said to have attempted to control the tides. This was given by an early historian, Henry of Huntington, 1084-1155, as an example of the fallibility of kings as opposed to God.
Samuel R. Berger, National Security Advisor (Democrat), Quoted in Andrew J. Bacevich, "Policing Utopia," The National Interest, Summer 1999
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Professor Levitt coined the word “globalization” in this 1983 article.
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Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger was a political consultant who served as the 19th United States National Security Advisor for President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. Before that he served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1997.
