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title: "15 Foreign Minister Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Foreign Minister quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Foreign Minister sayings and thoughts."
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> [“THE British foreign minister,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurent-binet/the-british-foreign-minister/)

[Laurent Binet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurent-binet/)

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> [The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/the-only-thing-i-know-about-slovakia-is-what-i-learned-first-hand/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduard-shevardnadze/i-was-a-member-of-the-politburo-for-seven-years-a-foreign-minister/)

[Eduard Shevardnadze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduard-shevardnadze/)

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> [As foreign minister I cannot allow myself to be guided by emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guido-westerwelle/as-foreign-minister-i-cannot-allow-myself-to-be-guided-by-emotions/)

[Guido Westerwelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guido-westerwelle/)

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> [I want to become foreign minister of India one day and then President of India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/farooq-abdullah/i-want-to-become-foreign-minister-of-india-one-day-and-then-president/)

[Farooq Abdullah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/farooq-abdullah/)

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> [We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/we-have-a-prime-minister-i-m-the-foreign-minister-i-m-trying-to-get/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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> [“the aging diplomat sits down at the desk of French foreign minister Charles Gravier, the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-o-reilly/the-aging-diplomat-sits-down-at-the-desk-of-french-foreign-minister/)

[Bill O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-o-reilly/)

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> [Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-de-maiziere/each-government-minister-views-the-circumstances-of-each-issue/)

[Thomas de Maiziere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-de-maiziere/)

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> [I feel strongly from my experience of serving as foreign minister for four years and eight months that there is nothing stronger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fumio-kishida/i-feel-strongly-from-my-experience-of-serving-as-foreign-minister-for/)

[Fumio Kishida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fumio-kishida/)

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> [If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference,' you can be sure his government has already placed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/if-any-foreign-minister-begins-to-defend-to-the-death-a-peace/)

[Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/)

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> [The Israel legendary foreign minister, Abba Eban, used to say that the Palestinians had never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-barak/the-israel-legendary-foreign-minister-abba-eban-used-to-say-that-the/)

[Ehud Barak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-barak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/ehud-barak-4791_israel_the-israel-legendary-foreign-minister-ab_120083.png)

> [As Foreign Minister, I worked to strengthen the cooperation with Israel, and now, as Chancellor, I have more opportunities do this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-kurz/as-foreign-minister-i-worked-to-strengthen-the-cooperation-with/)

[Sebastian Kurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-kurz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/sebastian-kurz-6800_cooperation_as-foreign-minister-i-worked-to-strength_143826.jpg)

> [A foreign minister, I will maintain it, can never be a good man of business if he is not an agreeable man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/a-foreign-minister-i-will-maintain-it-can-never-be-a-good-man-of/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/lord-chesterfield-757_amusement_a-foreign-minister-i-will-maintain-it-ca_1785410.jpg)

> [We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-p-taylor/we-are-apt-to-say-that-a-foreign-policy-is-successful-only-when-the/)

[A. J. P. Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-p-taylor/)

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> [There is a certain jargon, which, in French, I should call un Persiflage d'Affaires, that a foreign Minister ought to be perfectlymaster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/there-is-a-certain-jargon-which-in-french-i-should-call-un-persiflage/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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