Fareed Zakaria Quotes
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The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.
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Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
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In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
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It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
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Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
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If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.
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The world is changing very profoundly.
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Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.
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The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.
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On almost every issue involving postwar Iraq, Bush's assumptions and policies have been wrong. This strange combination of arrogance and incompetence has not only destroyed the hopes for a new Iraq. It has had the much broader effect of turning the United States into an international outlaw.
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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.