“One real meeting is much better than a thousand internet or social media words.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else. — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism. — Christian Lous Lange 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
We must reject the idea of isolationism, . But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every civil war around the world. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
Isolationism is over. It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become. — Ralph Steadman Copy Share Image
If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to… — Sam Tanenhaus Copy Share Image
We think that fear must be played out in fight, with military intervention, or in flight, via isolationism - but we are… — Andrew Solomon 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
The challenge is whether China as a rising country, the United States as the superpower, can develop a cooperative relationship in this… — Henry A. Kissinger 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
Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies that advance the interests of their… — John W. Snow Copy Share Image
One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive… — Vladimir Putin 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
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
“It seems a lot of Christians are quick to condemn the world and write its inhabitants off as lost causes. It’s odd,… — Katherine J Walden Copy Share Image
We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect… — Ronald Reagan 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
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
“Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“The evangelical with his "minority complex" often forgets that he is part of a massive historical movement much larger than his own… — Arthur F. Holmes Copy Share Image
America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“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
A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
[Alex Haley] objective was to illustrate that the racial separatism of the N.O.I. was a kind of pathological or a kind of… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Theodore Roosevelt's policy to build a two-ocean navy confirmed that the old-style isolationism of the founders had not survived the modern, increasingly… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
Until the attack on Pearl Harbor, isolationism was an important, even dominant strand in U.S. politics. After the Second World War, this… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I think a Donald Trump presidency raises a new kind of version of conservatism which more closely resembles a kind of Father… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is...We've got… — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
“He is in many ways quite a right-wing isolationist. It's because some people are naïve enough to confuse this with anti-imperialism that… — 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/i/eaf/norman-podhoretz-54713_america_t-he-isolationism-of-the-left-stems-from_3073846.jpg)
![“I'm not surprised that Governor Dean would oppose [the $87 billion to fund Iraq reconstruction]… I've lost confidence that he has any understanding of the national security responsibilities of a President... [b]ecause I don't believe that he has any understanding of the international role that the…” quote by John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/john-mccain-465_appeals_i-m-not-surprised-that-governor-dean-wou_2513085.jpg)
![“We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable…” quote by Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/ronald-reagan-119_acceptable_we-in-america-have-learned-bitter-lesson_1332203.jpg)
![“[Alex Haley] objective was to illustrate that the racial separatism of the N.O.I. was a kind of pathological or a kind of - it was the logical culmination of separatism and racial isolationism and exclusion.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/manning-marable-9023_alex_alex-haley-objective-was-to-illustrate-t_293482.jpg)
