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

Fareed Zakaria

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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
Economist
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Bombay
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
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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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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 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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Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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American influence is not what it used to be.
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There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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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 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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Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.
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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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Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, lets be honest.
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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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If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago.
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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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It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now universal.
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