Mark Steyn Quotes

Probably the biggest thing about the shaping of our future is that it won’t be shaped in the United States.

It is likely that America will be more important during the next century or two, but after that it may well be the turn of China.

In the past, the U.S. was the centre of the world, where everything was happening. I think my stories have always sought to question this, maybe even criticise it.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.

What people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.

The diminishing economic role of the United States in the global economy means that global political power will also become more dispersed. The world will become multipolar. By clumsily re-asserting a wish for U.S. dominance, Donald Trump is accelerating the opposite.

A split between the U.S. and its traditional allies, if it becomes a permanent feature of the new global order, would lead to deeper fragmentation among the world's market-oriented democracies. That will surely shift the long-term balance of power in China's favor, as it moves steadily toward becoming the world's largest economy.

All Americans should be concerned about the potential for China to replace the United States as the most important economy in the world.

Indeed, China may never acquire the geo-political influence and reach that Great Britain enjoyed in the 19th century and the United States of America did in the 20th, even though it may have already surpassed the geo-economic clout the two major powers enjoyed in the heyday of their empires.

Donald Trump is an instrument of a Power bigger than himself, and bigger than all of the power that's in America today, or in the world today.

The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.

America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy.

The West has never been all of the world that matters. The West has not been the only actor on the stage of modern history even at the peak of the West's power (and this peak has perhaps now already been passed)... It has not been the West that has been hit by the world; it has been the world that has been hit - and hit hard - by the West.

This is official today. China has surpassed the U.S. and now has the No. 1 economy in the world. After hearing this, China's children asked, 'So now can we take a lunch break?'

The ILC will go forward, but the U.S. will fall behind.

The convergence of digital trends, along with the rise of China and globalization, has upended the rules for almost every business in every corner of the globe.

The Olympics have always been very special to me.

As the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, our president is more than a list of policies. They set the tone of our national character.

Trump has humbled our country under the shadow of China's autocrat Xi Jinping.

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that.

America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

Domestic power structures are shaped in good part by global arrangements.