Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems along the way, of which there are plenty. Nothing is easy. It's always rough. Daniel Fried More Quotes by Daniel Fried More Quotes From Daniel Fried Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you. Daniel Fried drunk alcohol firsts We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan Daniel Fried request uzbekistan government The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern. Daniel Fried nuclear iran world ISIS is the near-term threat, and that the longer - or the mid-term challenge is managing the rise of China. There's some evidence that that's the thinking of the [Donald Trump] administration. That's a perfectly reasonable approach. Well, if that's the case, then you surely want to have a united West to deal with both, and you want to have Russia alongside, but maybe not this Russia while it's busy trying to undermine your chief asset, which is a united West. Daniel Fried isis russia thinking At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations, and there is no excuse for that. Daniel Fried flag-burning flags country Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup. Daniel Fried partisanship makeup Diminish us across the board. They [Russians] do not wish us well. Daniel Fried wells boards wish That was pretty smooth, because you don`t want something to go wrong when you have a whole senior level of actings. That`s not a position you want to be in. It`s OK to replace your team, but usually you want them to be in place until the new people are confirmed. Daniel Fried senior want-something team It's said that Putin can't stand Hillary Clinton. I don't know that for a fact, but it certainly looks that way, but I think her approach to Russia stands up pretty well. Daniel Fried russia facts thinking I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an American tradition and a pretty good one, and I think she was willing to do that. Daniel Fried appreciation needs thinking I'm one of the many people who has said that the Hillary Clinton we know in private was effective, strong, courageous, and funny. And the campaigner we saw was less so, more scripted. Many people have made that observation, and it was my observation, too, but I'm grateful for what she did. Daniel Fried grateful strong people There are lots of secretaries who send off special envoys and yes, say, "Do a great job," and that's fine until it costs you something. And then they cut you off. Daniel Fried cutting special jobs Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy. Daniel Fried tables conversation talking John Kerry tried to work with the Russians on Syria, and the man was honorable, because he was trying to do the right thing, and frankly, playing a very weak hand, a hand that was weak not because of him, okay. He did the best he could, but I will say this to his enormous credit: he never offered a dirty deal. You can have Ukraine if you only help us out on Syria. Never - he never did that. Daniel Fried ukraine men dirty No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are. Daniel Fried sphere-of-influence spheres satisfied Realism as a foreign policy doctrine means basically you don't care about values; you consider them a luxury, and it leads to a kind of acquiescence in spheres of influence. Now, spheres of influence sound good if you're a graduate student, or a certain kind of - an academic with a certain habit of mind. But in fact, spheres of influence don't work out very well, certainly not for the victims, and there are always victims. Daniel Fried luxury work-out mean Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well. Daniel Fried be-careful moments enthusiasm They [Russians] are the adversary, they - we`re the adversary they love to hate. Daniel Fried adversaries love-hate hate Both the Bush people and [Barack] Obama people had no problem working with the holdovers. They weren`t out to get them. Daniel Fried barack problem people [Russians] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don`t mean bring us down as in collapse, but bring us down a notch in a big way. Daniel Fried unions feel-better mean
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