Quotes By Fareed Zakaria

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.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

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.

The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.

The world is changing very profoundly.

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.

American influence is not what it used to be.

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.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.

It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.

The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished the revolution, that there was still a great deal of uncertainty. That uncertainty has made Libya harder for business in terms of oil and other things as well.

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.

I'm largely in favor of financial reform.

There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

Culture follows power.

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.