Quotes By Fareed Zakaria
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.
Fareed Zakaria
It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
Fareed Zakaria
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.
Fareed Zakaria
What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
Fareed Zakaria
Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.
Fareed Zakaria
Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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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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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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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.
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When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.
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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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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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