Best quotes by Stephen Kinzer on World

Checkout quotes by Stephen Kinzer on World

• ‟ New media and mobile entertainment are revolutionizing the way people learn about the world.

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• ‟ During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.

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• ‟ Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is one of the great fonts of world culture.

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• ‟ No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran.

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• ‟ One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes.

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• ‟ The long conflict between Israel and Palestine has, for better or worse, become the world's conflict. It permanently destabilizes the Middle East, blocks the settlement of urgent crises, and intensifies looming threats to the West.

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• ‟ Without Ataturk's vision, without his ambition and energy, without his astonishing boldness in sweeping away traditions accumulated over centuries, today's Turkey would not exist, and the world would be much poorer.

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• ‟ The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.

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• ‟ Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush's radical reordering of American foreign policy.

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• ‟ From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British power all over the world, powered its ships with Iranian oil.

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• ‟ After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.

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• ‟ As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs.

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• ‟ Western powers remain imprisoned by the idea that the world is a dangerous place, that it needs to be managed, and that they are called upon to do the managing.

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