The political awakening that is happening worldwide is a major challenge for America, because it means that the world is much more restless. It's stirring. It has aspirations which are not easily satisfied. And if America is to lead, it has to relate itself somehow to these new, lively, intense political aspirations, which make our age so different from even the recent past.
Zbigniew BrzezinskiA great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.
Zbigniew BrzezinskiNonsense! It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
Zbigniew BrzezinskiThe Ukrainian opposition should adopt democratic unity as its main principle, and it also must have one leader.
Zbigniew BrzezinskiIf a new president personalizes a rather different concept of America and a different sense of America's mission in the world than has been the case with president George W. Bush, then that almost automatically will help to improve America's global image. But the tangibles involving the war and the economy are not going to be easy to fix.
Zbigniew Brzezinski