Fareed Zakaria

Journalist

1964-01-20

Fareed Zakaria is an Indian-born American journalist and political commentator. He hosts CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes on international affairs.

Quotes by Fareed Zakaria

In 1778, Jefferson presented to the Virginia legislature A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, in which he argued that all forms of government could degenerate into tyranny. The best way of preventing this, he wrote, is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large. The study of history could serve as an especially effective bulwark, allowing the people to learn how to defeat tyranny from past examples. Jefferson would return again and again to the importance of education in a democracy.
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In 1778, Jefferson presented to the Virginia legislature A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, in which he argued that all forms of government could degenerate into tyranny. The best way of preventing this, he wrote, is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large. The study of history could serve as an especially effective bulwark, allowing the people to learn how to defeat tyranny from past examples. Jefferson would return again and again to the importance of education in a democracy.
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What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
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The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.
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