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A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 28
Died: 2017
Died: May 26
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Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński
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