America must reduce its fiscal deficit, modernize its infrastructure, and improve its schools. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
American influence in the world depends on the ability to act with real capacity and set an example that others will want… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Not every threat to America's national interests can be addressed with military power. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Americans, for their part, must accept that a strong Europe will not be content to simply do America's bidding. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is much more suspicious of international institutions; much more skeptical of the contributions that America's traditional allies have made; more… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The United States, working closely with the United Kingdom and others, established the liberal world order in the wake of World War… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
For too long, America tolerated a 'democratic exception' in the Muslim Middle East. As long as governments were friendly and backed regional… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The United States is not just another country. It has more capacity and potential to influence the world than any other country… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
If old American alliance commitments don't count for as much, countries will, in some cases, then say, 'Well, we've got to militarize… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
In a world in which the United States does less, whatever set of calculations, other countries will tend to calculate - to… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
Security is the absolute precondition for sustainable recovery from conflict; without it, people cannot rebuild their country or return to school or work. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
Americans never would alter the way entitlement programs are funded or education administered without serious study and widespread debate. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
The rise of populism is in part a response to stagnating incomes and job loss, owing mostly to new technologies but widely attributed to… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
What countries must do to join the World Trade Organization is precisely what they must do to become productive and democratic: accept the rule… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
I've worked for four presidents, and I've concluded that almost nothing is inevitable. History is to a significant extent the result of the interaction… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share
