Quotes from Fareed Zakaria

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.

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.

The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.

I grew up in Mumbai.

One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished the revolution, that there was still a great deal of uncertainty. That uncertainty has made Libya harder for business in terms of oil and other things as well.

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.

I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.

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.

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation.

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.