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“I don't think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.”

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Brent Scowcroft is an esteemed American politician who served as the National Security Advisor. Born in March 19, 1925, he had a profound impact on U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. more

“I believe the Chinese are gradually realizing that they're dependent on the system that, as they run out of energy, for example, they have to reach out to foreign sources for energy, for raw materials. They have to reach out to the world for markets. They have to export. They have to maintain full employment. They've got a terrible population problem. So they need a stable world, in a way.”

“Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.”

Ifs World States United United States Stable

Author:Brent Scowcroft

“We can't make China a friend, but we can behave to make them an enemy.”

Enemy China Behave

Author:Brent Scowcroft

“I think that America is a part of the world, that we want to cooperate with the world. We are not the dominant power in the world, that everyone falls in behind us. But we want to reach out and cooperate.”

Thinking World Want America Fall Behinds Reach Out Dominant

Author:Brent Scowcroft

“America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.”

People World Want America Allies Good Will

Author:Brent Scowcroft

“The United States wants to be part of the solution to its problems and not, in part, the maker of their problems.”

Want States Problem United United States Solutions Makers

Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“The United States is prepared really to be engaged in the quest to get people in the world the dignities that they seek today, the social justice that they feel they're deprived of, and the common solution to global problems.”

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Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.”

Way Mean Doe Ends Freedom Liberty Propose

Book:The Pursuit of Justice

Source: The Pursuit of Justice

“The American people have to think hard about their definition of the meaning of the good life, that hedonistic, materialistic society of high levels of consumption, increasing social inequality is not a society that can be part of the solution of the world's problems.”

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Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but on self-denial and sacrifice, and on this such an America is going to be credible to the world.”

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Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

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