A nation has a right to manage its own concerns as it thinks fit. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
You don't have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood. — George Packer Copy Share Image
“A person has an idea about foreign policy or doesn't know one’s arse from one’s elbow.” — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational. — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
Trump's biggest success in his first term has been his foreign policy agenda. — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
The foreign policy of the United States rests entirely on propagandistic lies. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
[A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
“An unwise and overambitious foreign policy, and particularly the effort to do more than we are able to do, is the one… — Robert A. Taft Copy Share Image
“International politics is never about democracy and human rights. It's about the interests of states. Remember that, no matter what you are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of Iraq led to the massive level of instability that we're… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy… — Ed Gillespie Copy Share Image
White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues. — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I think the problem with John Bolton is he disagrees with President Trump's foreign policy. He would be closer to John McCain's… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The cause of the attack was not American foreign policy but an amoral disregard for human life.It is grotesque to suggest that… — Menzies Campbell Copy Share Image
I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
By 1938, Eleanor Roosevelt was so angry at FDR's policies, she writes a book called This Troubled World. And it is actually… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
George, your reckless and wanton foreign policies killed my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq.… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
The Hawk and the Dove is a wonderful idea for a book, wonderfully carried out. Nicholas Thompson has used illuminating new material… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
The sluggish economy is creating a situation where the young people in Japan cannot cherish their desires or have prospects for their… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
we ought to realize by now (see Korea, see Vietnam, see Afghanistan, see Iraq, see Iran) that deploying the US military, or… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
About 2500 years ago Aeschylus, the Greek playwright, wrote, He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
Mike Pence came out and said this was a courtesy call, then Donald Trump a few hours later went on Twitter, as… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
I didn't have a perfect model, but I wanted to try to blend my own personal reflections and experiences with this broader… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“If we are not applying the lessons to be gained from yesterday's history to address the problems of today - then why… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Still we did not expect to be without rubs and difficulties; and we have had them. First the detention of Western posts:… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end to this brutal,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
When it comes to foreign policy, it is important to remember that politics stops at the water's edge. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image