“I respect those who say that the United States should simply withdraw from the Middle East, but I don't respect them for… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We must open our eyes and see that modern civilization has become so complex and the lives of civilized men so interwoven… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There's a sense of entitlement and isolationism that I think is really dangerous, and the way globalization and technology have been used… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
The siren song of isolationism is tempting. But allowing vacuums of American influence around the world to be filled by terrorists and… — John E. James Copy Share Image
[T]he isolationism of the Left stems from the conviction that America is bad for the rest of the world, whereas the isolationism… — Norman Podhoretz Copy Share Image
We are thus in the position of having to borrow from Europe to defend Europe, of having to borrow from China and… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Jeffersonian isolationism expressed an essentially cosmopolitan spirit. The Jeffersonian was determined - even at the expense of separating himself from the rest… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
This flirtation with isolationism in the Republican party is over. It's giving way to a more muscular foreign policy than I've been… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about the way… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
I'm not surprised that Governor Dean would oppose [the $87 billion to fund Iraq reconstruction]… I've lost confidence that he has any… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“This is the pattern of American foreign policy: from isolationism to interventionism, from withdrawal to crusading and back again. As a self-proclaimed… — John Spanier Copy Share Image
“That war [Bosnian war] in the early 1990s changed a lot for me. I never thought I would see, in Europe, a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
![“[T]he isolationism of the Left stems from the conviction that America is bad for the rest of the world, whereas the isolationism of the Right is based on the belief that the rest of the world is bad for America.” quote by Norman Podhoretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eaf/norman-podhoretz-54713_america_t-he-isolationism-of-the-left-stems-from_3073846.jpg)
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![“That war [Bosnian war] in the early 1990s changed a lot for me. I never thought I would see, in Europe, a full-dress reprise of internment camps, the mass murder of civilians, the reinstiutution of torture and rape as acts of policy. And I didn't expect so many of my comrades to be indifferent…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/872/christopher-hitchens-117_anti-war_that-war-bosnian-war-in-the-early-1990s_3077861.jpg)