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Quotes About Foreign

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
~ George Orwell
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
~ George W. Bush
it is easier to induce national governments to discriminate against foreign producers than to defend the interests of domestic consumers
~ George W. Stocking
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment.
~ George Washington
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world.
~ George Washington
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as possible... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalships, interest, humor, or caprice?... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
~ George Washington
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
~ William Shakespeare
Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
~ French proverb
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world - as far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it.
~ George Washington
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth.
~ Sir Henry Wotton
remembering that human beings cannot produce 20,000 unique sounds, even if you were to include belching and hawking great globs of phlegm (which I think counts in Chinese), the linguistic powers that be--whoever they are--threw in tones, possibly to ensure that no foreigner over the ages of thirty would have any chance whatsoever of understanding that Chinese language.
~ J. Maarten Troost
How's it going down there? It's weird. They're too polite, they talk funny, and stuff has too much shine on it. But the coffee's worse than Central's, so that's something.
~ J.D. Robb
Ilga viešnag? nepadeda draugystei.
~ J.M. Coetzee
All of life is a foreign country.
~ Jack Kerouac
Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
~ Mae West
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
~ James Madison
A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.
~ Iain Duncan Smith
The Democrats are up to their necks in foreign meddling. Nancy Pelosi took money from Ukraine lobbyists. Chuck Schumer took money from Saudi Arabia and Mexico.
~ Steve Hilton
There's something structurally integrated with foreign coverage. Reporters often default to thinking of their government as the sort of ultimate authority.
~ Masha Gessen
Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist.
~ Hassan Nasrallah
I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living, in regions unaffected by European contact.
~ Isabella Bird
The smuggling and distribution of misbranded drugs and medical devices of uncertain foreign origin has the potential for serious harm to patients.
~ Dana Boente
So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
~ Ed Gillespie
To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.
~ John Hewson