Top 19 Quotes by Robert D. Kaplan

About Robert D. Kaplan

These are some quotes by American author Robert D. Kaplan Journalist, who was born on June 23, 1952.

The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the early and mid-nineties, it didn't really affect it.

The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the early and mid-nineties, it didn't really affect it.

Robert D. Kaplan

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

Robert D. Kaplan

Americans are opting out of public venues like the playground and the sidewalk for private venues like the healthclub and the mall. We're living our lives inside one form of corporation or another.

Americans are opting out of public venues like the playground and the sidewalk for private venues like the healthclub and the mall. We're living our lives inside one form of corporation or another.

Robert D. Kaplan

If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.

If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.

Robert D. Kaplan

If you travel around America you see different sections of highways donated by this or that person, and that's a slow beginning of what may end up being a situation common in the Third World: some sections of highways in wealthy areas are beautifully maintained and other parts are just dirt-strewn potholes.

Robert D. Kaplan

Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global.

Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global.

Robert D. Kaplan

When you talk about aiding this country against that country or about fighting terrorism, when you actually take that decision and strip it down, it always comes down to one person in the field giving specialized training to somebody else in the field.

Robert D. Kaplan

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.

Robert D. Kaplan

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

Robert D. Kaplan

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