Top 1200 Us Foreign Policy Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Trump has the opportunity to be the president who, like Harry Truman, redirected U.S. foreign policy for a generation.

I will force Hillary Clinton to fight on the ground of her foreign policy mistakes.

We need to move forward, from the common currency to the banking union to a common financial policy and, in the middle-term, to a common foreign and security policy. That will take time, because we need to figure out how to deal with those countries that don't always want a more tightly integrated European Union.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

Indeed, for Russia, inconsistency is an integral part of its foreign policy strategy, particularly under Putin.

Hillary Clinton's Russian re-set policy gave Moscow permission to go from privately challenging U.S. foreign policy to publicly moving military hardware into Syria to prop up Bashar al-Assad and annexing Crimea from Ukraine. And Donald Trump seems to support the idea that Putin will be Putin. It's enough to leave America's allies confused.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

First of all, we occupied Afghanistan and Iraq and I'm not even talking about the past occupation of them, I'm just talking about currently. And we all know that occupations, in military terms, comes down basically to policing, so you have an army basically functioning as a police force in these foreign territories as part of foreign policy. I'm not knocking that down, I'm just observing.

China has a more assertive, proactive foreign policy as its interests are growing around the world.

We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production.

The goal of Australian foreign policy should be to promote the maximum harmony between the U.S. and China.

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

It's important that all around the globe that the United States is pursuing the most effective foreign policy possible.

George Bush has shown great skill at disguising an incredibly weak foreign policy.

In foreign policy, even if you hold high office, you can't be sure what the effects will be of the things you do.

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 the great classical liberal tradition that built the United States and bestowed on us the American heritage of individual liberty, a peaceful foreign policy, minimal government, and a free-market economy.

Every day at the State Department, we tackle issues at the intersection of foreign policy and science and technology.

Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise. What is clear is that politics will not stop at the water's edge simply because presidents plead for it. American foreign policy will return to the tradition of Truman and Vandenberg only when the American public demands it.

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

There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war.

Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.

American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.

We need a principled foreign policy that consistently and resolutely stands up for freedom.

Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on.

I think we've got to do more to stop foreign fighters, foreign funding and take ISIS on online, as well as doing everything necessary to keep us safe at home.

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.

If European countries want to cater to U.S. foreign policy interests, I don't think that they stand to gain anything.

Refusal to engage with the Russian government is not a viable long-term foreign policy option for the U.K.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

As the wealthiest country with all the blessings that we have, do we have an obligation to help the outside world? I think we do, as we have an obligation to help everyone within our own borders. The problem is that this automatically gets translated into: "What's the point of having a huge military if we can't bomb people?" That's the problem that I have. Our foreign policy is essentially our defense policy.

Before Trump, trade policy ceded our manufacturing strength to foreign nations.

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

One of the principles of the Trump administration is that we will never sacrifice our economy on the altar of foreign policy.

America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave.

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

I really think [the Bush Administration]'s foreign policy agenda is to spread irony through the world.

I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

The purpose of U.S. foreign policy is protecting the security of Americans, not crusading for goodness abroad.

Indeed, in foreign policymaking, inconsistency is often a virtue. I speak not of principles but of policy.

I'm a big fan of Rand Paul; he and I are good friends. I don't agree with him on foreign policy.

Sharia has a ruling system, an economic system, a policy and social system, a foreign policy and judiciary system to be implemented, you know, the whole package. Under the Sharia, food, shelter and clothing will be provided for all citizens in addition to basic necessities like gas and water as well. But, it's not like communism or socialism in the respect that you can work for the luxuries.

The truth is that just as the 'West' is not a homogenous entity with one view on foreign and domestic policy, nor are Muslims.

Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy - it's a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.

There is a responsibility as president to choose your words carefully, especially on foreign policy, and to speak as clearly as possible.

Not a single story on 'BBC World News' is any different from the British foreign policy.

A number of foreign policy experts distanced themselves from Donald Trump, not Michael Flynn.

Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential.

I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.

It's a great honor to be selected as one of 'Foreign Policy''s Leading Global Thinkers for 2013.

I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose the most recent statements made by Mitt Romney in which he says he, as president, could take us to war unilaterally with Iran, without any approval from Congress.

I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.

Trump promised an 'America First' foreign policy rooted in the national interest, not in nostalgia.

I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.