Foreign policy Quotes · Page 7

That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied.

— Alexander Hamilton

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

— William Hague

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

United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.

— Rush Limbaugh

We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.

— Robert McNamara

U.S. energy policy is about far more than jobs and the economy. It is a critical component of our foreign policy.

— Will Hurd

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness,…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Hillary Clinton foreign policy has cost America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars - and unleashed ISIS across the world.…

— Donald Trump

Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today's headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the…

— Condoleezza Rice

I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American…

— Madeleine Albright

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

— Samantha Power

Robert Kagan said the neocons couldn't get a better president than Hillary Clinton, who would enforce the neocon foreign policy. No one's…

— Oliver Stone

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask…

— Harry Browne

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

George, your reckless and wanton foreign policies killed my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq.…

— Cindy Sheehan

I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan…

— John Bolton

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

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

One of the things you learn in government is there's a long tail to American decision-making when it comes to foreign policy.…

— Ben Rhodes

“Without the participation of one fifth of the global population, without the endorsement of the world's second-largest economy, without the political will…

— Wang Yizhou

Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing…

— Barack Obama

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

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

— Lorrie Moore

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Fiona Hill

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

— Narendra Modi

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

— Henry Kissinger

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

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

— John Bolton

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

— Erin O'Toole

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

[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

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

— Alexander Hamilton

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

— Sidney Blumenthal

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

— Ziggy Marley