Quotes About Foreign relations

Trump believes all foreigners are playing us for suckers - he sees the world as a dark place. How can you lead alliances when you keep telling your allies they are ripping you off?

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

The Middle East is America's 'champagne room'. No matter how much you spend, you will still never get what you want.

The alliance between the US and Pakistan is thus predominantly between the US and the Pakistani military.

Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

I think it's very important that the United States keeps out of the local electoral process in Mexico.

in all of the world of Islam, the masses now regard the United States as their arrogant adversary;

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.

Israelis cannot enter Iran, so Israel, Iranian officials believe, has devoted huge resources to recruiting Iranians who leave the country on business trips and turning them into agents.

The cornerstone of our policy in that part of the world is to help democracies. Lebanon's a democracy. We want the Siniora government to succeed.

If you're someone from the government and you meet people from other countries, you want to know who you're dealing with. It's the same for them [in Valerian].

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

Travel Etiquette: When dealing with foreigners, pretend you are Canadian.

I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.

If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us; if we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us.

I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment.

One of the most important secret societies of the 20th century is called the Round Table. It is based in Britain with branches across the world. It is the Round Table that ultimately orchestrates the network of the Bilderberg Group, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission and the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.

In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

The reason CAFTA should be enacted is not economic benefits: it is national security.

I think there's a tendency, and it's an understandable tendency, to imagine that China makes decisions out of a grand strategy. The reality is that I think China today is operating, most of all, based on its domestic needs.

When you do deals with France involved, you want to make sure that the government endorses your deal, understands the strategic rationale.