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George Washington2 quotes
Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. — George Washington · 1796The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. — George Washington · 1796
Woodrow Wilson2 quotes
No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. — Woodrow Wilson · 1915The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name. — Woodrow Wilson · 1914
Demosthenes1 quote
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. — Demosthenes · 343 BC
Franklin D. Roosevelt1 quote
In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933
Henry Kissinger1 quote
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. — Henry Kissinger · 1994
Henry Wotton1 quote
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. — Henry Wotton · 1604
Isaac Goldberg1 quote
Diplomacy is to do and say The nastiest thing in the nicest way. — Isaac Goldberg · 1927
John F. Kennedy1 quote
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963
Robin Cook1 quote
Our foreign policy must have an ethical dimension and must support the demands of other people for the democratic rights on which we insist for ourselves. — Robin Cook · 1997
Stanley Kubrick1 quote
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. — Stanley Kubrick · 1963