Foreign policy Quotes · Page 6

The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

— Kelly Ayotte

“He had little to no experience in foreign policy, but he had no respect for the experts,”

— Michael Wolff

Frankly, I do not know how to effect a permanency in American foreign policy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We need a principled foreign policy that consistently and resolutely stands up for freedom.

— Erin O'Toole

The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Asking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck.

— Spiro T. Agnew

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

— Madeleine Albright

I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In my life, I have almost always been on the side of active foreign policy. But you need to know with whom…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Today’s endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most…

— Allen West

Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on…

— Marco Rubio

It has become starkly apparent to me that we lack any sort of strategic foreign policy view, and when I say 'we,'…

— Marco Rubio

American strategic [nuclear] forces do not exist solely for the purpose of deterring a Soviet nuclear threat or attack against the U.S.…

— Colin S. Gray

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping…

— Christopher Bond

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world…

— Robert Kagan

The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign…

— Wesley Clark

I’m a Muslim, we come from a Muslim community and we are very critical of western or American foreign policy. So if…

— Maajid Nawaz

The libertarian creed...offers the fulfillment of the best of the American past along with the promise of a far better future. Libertarians…

— Murray Rothbard

Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks,…

— Fareed Zakaria

“Joe is a man of integrity, incapable of hiding what he really thinks, and one of those rare people you know you…

— Robert M. Gates

So let us take our fair share of the true refugees and act responsible as a government in providing for their necessary…

— Alan K. Simpson

Keep in mind that Eric Alterman is media critic for The Nation-a hysterically left-wing magazine dedicated to the proposition that corporate America,…

— Jonah Goldberg

National Defense A strong USA defense brought down the Soviet Union. It was Ronald Reagan - first in a speech at Notre…

— Rush Limbaugh

“If the Trump White House was as unsettling as any in American history, the president’s views of foreign policy and the world…

— Michael Wolff

“It is important to remember that bureaucratic politics and rivalry are not just matters of competing for primacy in foreign policy -…

— Howard J. Wiarda

I think Americans should have a policy of love. That should be the foreign policy, love. Export Love.

— Ziggy Marley

The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.

— Sidney Blumenthal

All of a sudden I'm an expert on everything. Interviewers want your opinion on golf, foreign policy and even the price of…

— Hubert Green

I've been a part of the 3 D's of our foreign policy, of defense, diplomacy, and development, and seen that in action.

— Andy Kim

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

— John Bolton

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“His eyes were caught in the headlights of something - foreign policy?”

— Lorrie Moore

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

— Henry A. Kissinger

We can't have an intelligent foreign policy unless we have an intelligent public, because we're a democracy.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

— Henry Kissinger

In foreign policy it's not necessary to have similar views to have a conversation.

— Narendra Modi

Indeed, for Russia, inconsistency is an integral part of its foreign policy strategy, particularly under Putin.

— Fiona Hill

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.

— Madeleine Albright

We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

— Ron Paul