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Foreign policy12 quotes
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Tis 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 · 1796In 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 · 1933No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. — Woodrow Wilson · 1915A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. — Henry Kissinger · 1994All 12 quotes →International politics11 quotes
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Tis 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 · 1796In 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 · 1933No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. — Woodrow Wilson · 1915A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. — Henry Kissinger · 1994All 11 quotes →Morality in foreign policy3 quotes
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security. — Henry Kissinger · 1994The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. — Stanley Kubrick · 1963Our 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 · 1997Diplomacy2 quotes
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. — Henry Wotton · 1604Diplomacy is to do and say
The nastiest thing in the nicest way. — Isaac Goldberg · 1927American foreign policy1 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 · 1933American politics1 quote
Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. — George Washington · 1796Cold War1 quote
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Isolationism1 quote
Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. — George Washington · 1796Might makes right1 quote
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. — Stanley Kubrick · 1963Non-intervention1 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 · 1933Political theory1 quote
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. — Demosthenes · 343 BCPolitics1 quote
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states. — Demosthenes · 343 BCWorld War I1 quote
The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name. — Woodrow Wilson · 1914