Quotes About Foreign affairs

It's not the United States's job to 'protect' Islam.

Ahmed Tibi does not recognize the existence of the state of Israel, and letting him into the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee is a serious danger to its security.

Always wrong but never in doubt: Joe Biden has been wrong on every foreign policy decision in his career.

Rather than combating the irrationality of the charges of softness on Communism and subversion, the Truman Administration, sure that it was the lesser of two evils, moved to expropriate the issue, as in a more subtle way it was already doing in foreign affairs. So the issue was legitimized; rather than being the property of the far right, which the centrist Republicans tolerated for obvious political benefits, it had even been picked up by the incumbent Democratic party.

I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking shape in that marvelous brain of his is a philosophy of foreign affairs. But it would be premature to say that one is fully formed.

Many modifications in private and public life took place. Privacy ceasing to exist, all new houses were glass-built, curtains abolished, walls pulled down. Police went, the entire legal structure vanished overnight a man does not litigate against himself. A parody of Parliament remained, to deal with foreign affairs, but party politics, elections, leaders in newspapers (even newspapers themselves) were scrapped.

I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.

We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.

People make mistakes. And one of the mistakes that the United States consistently made was that it could intervene and somehow adjust people's governments, especially in the Middle East.

Republicans throughout the twentieth century have been advocates of prudence and restraint in the conduct of foreign affairs.

My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.

As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side.

Often, my liberal Canadian brethren will claim that 'Canada doesn't get involved in foreign affairs or wars overseas. We turn the other cheek.' No. Canada doesn't have the military might to exercise any option other than to remain uninvolved. They aren't turning the other cheek. They're pulling a Sweden.

Tweeting first and asking questions later is not a good way to make policy - especially in the Middle East.

America has spent too long interfering oversees in too many other people's wars, and too much other stuff.

I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations.

Prince Felipe is the best ambassador for Spain: I have already told Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, minister of foreign affairs, that the prince should travel to the U.S. more often.

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am sad because I love this job. I'm totally dedicated to the work that we are doing in Australia's name around the world, and I believe that we have achieved many good results for Australia, and I'm proud of them.

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

Since 2008, I have been a Foreign Area Officer specializing in Eurasia. In this role, I have served in the United States' embassies in Kiev, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia.

Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war.

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.