Foreign Policy Quotes

363 Foreign Policy quotes by 213 unique authors

The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act… — Simone Weil
All of a sudden I'm an expert on everything. Interviewers want your opinion on golf, foreign policy and even the price of peanuts. — Hubert Green
This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating. — George W. Bush
The libertarian creed...offers the fulfillment of the best of the American past along with the promise of a far better future. Libertarians are squarely in… — Murray Rothbard
Our two-party system is a fraud, a sham, a delusion. On foreign policy, trade, immigration, Big Government, we have one-party government, one party press; and… — Pat Buchanan
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic… — Charley Reese
Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign policy: We're better than you;… — Gary North
The average voter out there understands that the next president is going to have to be prepared to immediately step in without hesitation and end… — Joe Biden
Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy. — Carlos Mesa
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism. — Timothy Garton Ash
In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy. — Bob Woodward
It is never easy to define what is moral, particularly in foreign policy. But at the risk of being simplistic, it appears to me that… — Arthur Goldberg
Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world, because the US economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals… — Henry A. Kissinger
Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence. — Alexander Hamilton
But if we are to be told by a foreign Power . . . what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we… — George Washington
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep… — George Washington
We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable… — Thomas Jefferson
States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct. — Alexander Hamilton
It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object,… — Thomas Paine
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly… — George Washington
I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we… — Thomas Jefferson
Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just. — George Washington
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it… — George Washington
Still we did not expect to be without rubs and difficulties; and we have had them. First the detention of Western posts: then the coalition… — Thomas Jefferson
My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon… — George Washington

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213 authors contributed a total of 363 Foreign Policy Quotes, led by these top contributors: