Consequence Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

In foreign policy, the only thing worse than not doing something is doing something that fails or makes the situation worse.

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete.

— Charles Krauthammer

What you want in foreign policy is clear, well-defined goals.

— Ted Lieu

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

Our options oftentimes on foreign policy are not a choice between a good one and a bad one. It's a choice between two less-than-ideal…

— Marco Rubio

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

— Richard N. Haass

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

— Joe Biden

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences

— Alija Izetbegovic

The art of good foreign policy is to understand and to take into consideration the values of a society, to realize them at the…

— Henry A. Kissinger

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.

— Fred Thompson