Quotes · Skopia

43 quotes

1963

★ 7.1

Letter

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Theodore Roosevelt

1900

★ 7.1

Radio broadcast · Speech · Political speech

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Winston Churchill

1939

★ 7.0

Essay · Political literature

What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy.

Francis Fukuyama

The End of History? · 1989

★ 6.9

Speech · Political speech

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

1917

★ 5.4

The attitude above all others which I feel sure is no longer valid is the arrogance of power, the tendency of great nations to equate power with virtue and major responsibilities with a universal mission.

J. William Fulbright

The Arrogance of Power · 1966

★ 5.1

Speech · Political speech

Outside the Kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other…God and history will remember your judgment.

Haile Selassie I

1936

★ 4.5

Letter · Papal encyclical · Religious literature

The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.

Pope John XXIII

Pacem in Terris · 1963

★ 4.3

Novel · Adventure novel

I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says: "Yes, the little ones does."

Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer Abroad · 1894

★ 3.9

Speech

Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world.

George Washington

1796

★ 3.8

Speech

Observe good faith and justice toward all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all... The 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

Washington's Farewell Address · 1796

★ 3.7

Speech

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little Political connection as possible.

George Washington

Washington's Farewell Address · 1796

★ 3.7

Speech

The 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

★ 3.7

Speech · Political speech

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

Woodrow Wilson

1915

★ 3.7

Speech · Political speech

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

First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933

★ 3.7

Press conference

This will not stand. This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait.

George H.W. Bush

Press Conference, August 5, 1990 · 1990

★ 3.7

Film · Spy (film) · Thriller (film) · Spy · Thriller

The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch.

Capt. Bart Mancuso

The Hunt for Red October · 1990

★ 3.6

Essay

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.

Henry Kissinger

Reflections on Containment · 1994

★ 3.6

Speech · Political speech

The collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

Vladimir Putin

2005

★ 3.6

Speech · Political speech

We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and these interests it is our duty to follow.

Henry John Temple

1848

★ 3.5

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