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Quotes About International

A Foreign Secretary is forever poised between the clich
~ Harold MacMillan
At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a statesman.
~ Harold MacMillan
I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.
~ Harold Pinter
If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
~ Harold Pinter
The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.
~ Harold Pinter
On Monday, November 29, nineteen-year-old Eugenia Dennis, billed as the "Amazing Girl Psychic," arrived from Kansas for a week-long engagement at Seattle's Coliseum Theatre. Miss Dennis' telepathic powers had brought her international renown. No less a celebrity than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had proclaimed her "the eighth wonder of the world.
~ Harold Schechter
The United nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members
~ Harry S Truman
The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.
~ Harry S. Truman
We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
~ Harry S. Truman
Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
~ Harry S. Truman
Our strength in finance has led us to set up an international financial centre with medium and long-term objectives, especially to develop Islamic financial and insurance services.
~ Hassanal Bolkiah
Con el habitual destrozo cataclísmico con que se derrumba el pasado, se abrió paso la idea de que las nuevas guerras iban a encontrarse siempre en países pobres y sus alrededores. Cada vez más temas internacionales tenían como protagonistas a estos países con guerras internas.
~ Lawrence Freedman
The British proponents of free trade might have thought this a far more efficient way of managing international affairs than one based on nationalism and war, with peace dependent on a tenuous balance of power.
~ Lawrence Freedman
You can never have international peace as long as you have national poverty.
~ leacock stephen
A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.
~ Lemony Snicket
A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.
~ Lemony Snicket
He remembered the PM saying that every Russian is at heart a chess-player, and every American at heart a public-relations man. Well, Bret Rensselaer's zeal did nothing to disprove that one. The sheer audacity of the scheme plus Bret's enthusiasm was enough to persuade him that it was worth a try. Bret nodded to acknowledge the compliment.
~ Len Deighton
International unity of the workers is more important than the national.
~ lenin vladimir ii
Ranger keeps small Third World countries secure.
~ Janet Evanovich
Unlike some of our neighbours, India does not believe in dirty bombs. We take non-proliferation very seriously.
~ Nirmala Sitharaman
Why does the world dislike Russia? I do not think that we are unloved or considered to be ignorant.
~ Vladimir Putin
Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.
~ Ahmed Zewail
When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language.
~ Francois Hollande
Humanity will... be confronted with dangers of unprecedented character unless, in due time, measures can be taken to forestall a disastrous competition in such formidable armaments and to establish an international control of the manufacture and use of the powerful materials.
~ Niels Bohr