Carrots Quote by Fred Thompson

“Effective foreign policy has always involved the use of both sticks and carrots, and finding the right balance between the two is more art…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

— Ernest Bevin

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals

— Irving Kristol

The fact is that no foreign-policy doctrine is perfect.

— Pete Hoekstra

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

— John F. Kennedy

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

— John Bolton

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real…

— John F. Kennedy

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

— Madeleine Albright

The point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in any other…

— Vladimir Putin

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

— Henry A. Kissinger

I'm not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. Just thought I'd throw that out.

— Herman Cain

Foreign policy must be about priorities. The United States cannot do everything everywhere.

— Richard N. Haass