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We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 28
Died: 2017
Died: May 26
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Former National Security Advisor
Geopolitician
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Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński
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