Hans Rosling Quotes

So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible.

The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The interregnum after the Cold War, far from being the prelude to a new American age, was bearing the signs of what is now very visible: the emergence of a multipolar world.

Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?'

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically.

The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

I think the implications for the rise of China are huge in terms of the political landscape, economic balance, de-velopment thinking, and the environment.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and the rest of the world consisted of mere supplicants and bit players.

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.

With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.

Globalization has benefited middle-income less than either richer or poorer countries.

Whenever there is talk of peace, there is anger in the military- industrial- political complex.

Whenever peace—conceived as the avoidance of war—has been the primary objective of a power or group of powers, the international system has been at the mercy of the most ruthless member of the international community.

There is no single sustainable model for national success. … the American model, which has indeed been successful, is not available to others, because our success depends greatly on our dominant position at the center of the global capitalist system, and we are not willing to yield it.

We have to really get used to the fact that there is more than one center in the world politics, that the unipolar world never succeeded, that there are more growing, emerging, economic, financial powers…

Politics is the womb in which war develops.”

Europe’s slow political decline has been disguised for decades by American power.

Nations want the United States to fight their wars, until they go bad.

A new multipolar world has brought more uncertainty into international affairs.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.