Quotes About Foreign relations

For the president of the United States, reputation does matter. The reputation of the United States does matter. We are dealing with countries all over the world. They want to know if your word is good. Trump's word is not good.

King Abdullah gives a level of insight that we don't get from our own governments.

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.

We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.

I'd advise my American friends not to meddle in the internal affairs of China.

Britain has national honor. It would not have allowed Israel to meddle in its internal affairs.

To be sure, China is nowhere as powerful as the U.S., but it has acquired the ability to impose its will on individual nations around the world. From Australia to Germany, South Africa to South Korea, political leaders are careful not to rub China the wrong way.

The understanding that the political and intellectual class of the United States has of Mexico is a country whose position is that of a back yard.

The United States is undergoing a transformation in how it relates to the rest of the world. We are becoming a nation that has no more negotiators and peacemakers, that shoots first and asks questions later.

As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton worked with Russian leaders, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-President Dmitri Medvedev, to create US technology partnerships with Moscow's version of Silicon Valley, a sprawling high-tech campus known as Skolkovo.

More American troops were stationed within European allies, for example, at the end of Trump's term than at its start. Numbers do not tell the whole story, however. Donald Trump left the country's relations with its closest allies, especially those in Europe, more frayed than at any point since the onset of the short-lived "American Century" proclaimed in 1941.

Russia has always been very careful to try to balance the interest of the Gulf states and Iran off against each other.

The interference of Iran affects us all.

The last thing Israel is interested in is an escalation or some military action against Iran.

Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states.

I am sick and tired of an administration that treats Raul Castro and Ayatollah Khamenei better than it treats the prime minister of Israel.

There were small changes stirring in American policy as Clinton entered his second term. Hillary Clinton had visited India in 1995 and became determined to push her husband toward greater involvement in the region. Madeleine Albright, who arrived as secretary of state, was more sharply attuned to human rights violators such as the Taliban than Warren Christopher had been.

Afghans believe that if their country is to be sold to Pakistan they would prefer to bargain over the price directly rather than rely on an agent," meaning the United States, Rubin wrote.17

I went to Moscow and met some slightly powerful and scary people.

Senator Kerry was fooled by Bashar al-Assad.

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

On a global scale, the way Trump talks about dealing with foreign policy is very scary.

I think what we're learning with the Trump Jr. meeting is when you meet with any Russians, you're meeting with Russian intelligence. And, therefore, President Putin.