Quotes About International

My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma

It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

I went to the UN and even the guidebook was spineless.

There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.

International politics, by and large, are a depressing study.

A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.

The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law."

Where the U.N. is concerned, accountability is very thin on the ground in general.

Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

When it comes to foreign policy, it is important to remember that politics stops at the water's edge.

We know the Chinese have revealed millions of background information on millions of people in the United States, and these, I suppose, ultimately are part of international big-power politics.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

Merkel is an amazing woman, very experienced in international politics.

Sometimes in international politics, the better part of wisdom is to defer dangers rather than try to eliminate them altogether instantly.

This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.

Perhaps the singular positive of [Donald] Trump's desire to improve the deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Russia will lead to achieving progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

If we can have a good relationship with Russia and if Russia would help us get rid of ISIS, frankly, as far as I'm concerned, that would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

If we could get along with Russia, that's a positive thing. We have a very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who is going to be meeting with them shortly.

Probably not a surprise that, among the people of Mexico, just 4 percent say that they have a positive opinion of [Donald] Trump. Seventy-five percent say they have a negative opinion.