Biden: We Need Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Voice and Vision Today as Much as We Ever Did

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BIDEN: “I am deeply honored to receive this recognition and I only wish like all of you that Zbig was still with us here, not just at the pleasure of his company this evening, but because the foreign policy battles we are fighting today were ones about which Zbig was always the most passionate. He passed it on to his son. We need his voice and his vision today as much as we ever did and it’s not hyperbole to suggest that it’s sorely missed. Zbig sometimes stood outside the Washington foreign policy consensus, but in my opinion, that's because he possessed the gift that few of us, few leaders, few politicians shared, a sense of a grand strategy. He understood that American leadership rested on more than overwhelming military superiority. He saw our values, our respect for human rights, our involvement with international institutions for what they are, a source of incredible strength for our country.”