Fareed Zakaria Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I grew up in Mumbai.”

“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.”

“I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.”

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

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