Home / Books / The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Book by George Friedman · 8 quotes · Leadership, Emotion, President

This book explores the evolution of societal and technological landscapes, offering insights into the potential developments and changes expected in the coming decade.

Book detail: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.

This book explores the evolution of societal and technological landscapes, offering insights into the potential developments and changes expected in the coming decade.

The quotes below use the same card format as the rest of the site, including topics, source notes, copy actions, image creation, and sharing controls.

Filter quotes by topic

All Leadership Emotion President Strategy War Ads Adventure Borrowing Century Community Conditions Decades Ends Events Framed Goal Gone Human Condition Humans Ideology

The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going Quotes

“Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life and death are at stake.”

War Sometimes Matter Transformation Intense Life And Death Stakes Technological Borrowing

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“A century is about events. A decade is about people.”

People Century Events Decades

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends.”

Needs Kind Littles Ends President Moral Ideology Willingness

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“The tragedy of the human condition is that the thing that makes us most human - community - originates in the inhumanity of war.”

Humans War Community Conditions Tragedy Human Condition Inhumanity

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“Recent presidents have gone off on ad hoc adventures. They have set unattainable goal because they have framed the issue incorrectly, as they believed their own rhetoric.”

Goal President Gone Issues Adventure Ads Rhetoric Framed Unattainable

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope.”

Leadership Emotion Morale

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens feel and he must manage them and lead them, but he must not succumb to personal feelings. His job is to maintain a ruthless sense of proportion while keeping the coldness of his calculation to himself.”

Leadership Emotion Strategy

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

“The reality is that the American people have no desire for an empire. This is not to say that they don't want the benefits, both economic and strategic. It simply means that they don't want to pay the price. Economically, Americans want the growth potential of open markets but not the pains. Politically, they want to have an enormous influence, but not the resentment of the world. Military, they want to be protected from dangers but not to bear the burdens of long-term strategy.”

Leadership Strategy Statesmanship

Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going

About the Author

George FriedmanBrowse author quotes

Books by Same Author

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the...Browse source quotes

Related Topics

Leadership Emotion President Strategy War Ads Adventure Borrowing Century Community

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Similar Authors

No similar authors found.