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But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.
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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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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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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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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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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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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.
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It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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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.
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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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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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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.
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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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I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.
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Culture follows power.
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
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The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.
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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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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.
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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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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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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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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.
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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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.
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