Foreign policy Quotes · Page 35

Steve Hadley is an interesting option as secretary of state because he is somebody that is, you know, familiar to power, served…

— Susan Page

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

— Michael Parenti

The Chinese go around with lollipops in their pockets. They have aid. They have friendship deals. They build you a Prime Minister's…

— Lee Hsien Loong

I see this piece of legislation as essentially being a declaration of virtual war. It is giving the President tremendous powers to…

— Ron Paul

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

One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not…

— Harold Pinter

For the last fifty years we've been supporting right-wing governments, and that is a puzzlement to me...I don't understand what there is…

— Michael Parenti

A divided government doesn't have to be a death blow to foreign policy.

— Morgan Ortagus

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away.…

— John F. Kerry

U.S. foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these day. It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand…

— Gary McKinnon

I think that American presidents, that position in itself, as well as American foreign policy, it has terrorism in it. CIA agents…

— Lupe Fiasco

The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other…

— Nick Turse

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance…

— Joe Klein

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

We National Socialists must hold unflinchingly to our aim in foreign policy, namely to secure for the German people the land and…

— Adolf Hitler

There must appear a spiritual and moral leadership rising above economic and political situations. Governments in both their domestic and foreign policies…

— John Haynes Holmes

Americans don't usually have to think about Canadian-American relations, or, as they would put it, American-Canadian relations. Why think about something which…

— Margaret Atwood

It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest…

— Thomas Paine

The American tradition of foreign policy exceptionalism, our grand strategy as a nation, reaches back much further. Really at the turn -…

— Daniel Fried

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. It's kleptocracy, it's corruption, it's a nation that's really only dependent upon oil…

— John McCain

We inherited a national debt that has doubled in eight years. Think of it - $20 trillion. It's doubled. And we inherited…

— Donald Trump

When I was in college, I became interested in various aspects of foreign policy and international relations. Even as a kid, I…

— Barry Eisler

We need a president who will lead with a stronger, more consistent foreign policy. We also need our commander in chief to…

— Lee Zeldin

There is no longer a clear, bright line dividing America's domestic concerns and America's foreign policy concerns...If we want America to stay…

— William J. Clinton

America is a unique place. The value part of American foreign policy is something I think is very laudable, but it is…

— Michael Oren