Bigs Quote by David Brooks

The fact that our largest presence in the world is our massive military is going to dictate how we engage with the world.

— Michael Hastings

We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.

— Angela Merkel

There's a lot of distrust of the United States, and I certainly see that. But at the same time, everything that I've seen is…

— Dara Khosrowshahi

We have built up, through our global engagement, a set of institutions that have been built on trust, fundamentally on trust, where allies had…

— Ivo Daalder

This notion that we're going to prop up foreign governments, that we're going to invade other countries for some kind of perceived benefit where…

— Matt Gonzalez

I'm not so sure the role of the United States is going around the world saying this is the way its gotta be.

— George W. Bush

We'll continue to build a nation that is trusted by its people.

— Yoshihide Suga

For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we…

— Mike Quigley

“The rest of the world sees through the sham, when we pour billions in “foreign aid,” which is really military assistance, into underdeveloped countries…

— Shirley Chisholm

No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But…

— Edward Snowden

It is trust, more than money, that makes the world go round.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as…

— John F. Kerry