Foreign Policy Quotes

363 Foreign Policy quotes by 213 unique authors

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy. — Aaron McGruder
I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national… — John McCain
I think as people find out about my foreign policy, what they're going to find out is that I'm right in the mainstream of the… — Lindsey Graham
I think I've done more right than wrong on foreign policy. I've criticized the president for being weak and indecisive. I've been a problem solver… — Lindsey Graham
The Lindsey Graham via foreign policy is going to beat Rand Paul's libertarian view of foreign policy. It will beat Barack Obama's view of foreign… — Lindsey Graham
There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. That may help Al Gore in… — David Gergen
Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care… — Bill Richardson
Achieving climate security must be the core of foreign policy. All of us have to pick up the pace. — Margaret Beckett
So long as there is an Israeli occupation in Palestine and so long as U.S. policy is biased, the so-called terrorism that the United States… — Khaled Mashal
Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness.… — Theodore Roosevelt
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The Mars Polar Lander has been quieter than George W. Bush after a foreign policy question. — David Letterman
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. — Charles Krauthammer
Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations,… — David Brooks
I think President Obama has always been a little bit underestimated. Some of the things he's done with foreign policy have been unassailable. Getting us… — Willie Geist
We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy. — Ron Paul
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. — William E. Gladstone
President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about… — Alan Dershowitz
I think that American presidents, that position in itself, as well as American foreign policy, it has terrorism in it. CIA agents going to overthrow… — Lupe Fiasco
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. — William Hague
Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with… — William Hague
Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active role… — Mohsin Hamid
Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on. — Hubert H. Humphrey
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. — Thomas Jefferson

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