Foreign Policy Quotes - Page 24

• There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a treaty regulating all the details of time, place, circumstance, and quantity; leaving nothing to future discretion; and depending for its execution on the good faith of the parties.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Party, Independent, Ideas

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States”, p.68

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• War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

  Alexander Hamilton

  War, Practice, Perserverance

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2014). “The Federalist Papers”, p.119, Courier Corporation

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• By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be able to incline the balance of European competitions in this part of the world as our interest may dictate.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Europe, America, Competition

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Quentin P. Taylor, John Jay (1998). “The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers”, p.166, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the land.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Law, Land, United States

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States”, p.102

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• Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Law, Force, Contracts

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2007). “The Federalist Papers”, p.570, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• They are not rules prescribed by the sovereign to the subject, but agreements between sovereign and sovereign.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Agreement, Sovereign, Subjects

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States”, p.438

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• A nation has a right to manage its own concerns as it thinks fit.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Thinking, Fit, Concern

  Alexander Hamilton, John Church Hamilton (1851). “The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Cabinet papers. 1789-1794”, p.366

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• Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Policy, Ought, Nations

  Alexander Hamilton, John Church Hamilton (1851). “The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Cabinet papers. 1789-1794”, p.366

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• Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

  Thomas Jefferson

  War, Enemy, Policy

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence”, p.215, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You don`t have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood.

  George Packer

  Ice Water, Blood, President

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• I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to secure happiness of the French people, corresponds with the ardent wishes of my heart, while it gratifies the pride of every citizen of the United States, by its resemblance to their own.

  George Washington

  Heart, Pride, Government

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• 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

  Hatred, Degrees, Affection

  Farewell Address, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Sept. 1796

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• My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.

  George Washington

  Country, Best Wishes, Feelings

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.38, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

  Christopher Bond

  Running, War, Thinking

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• No, [the U.S.] has made it clear that we consider a peaceful resolution an essential aspect of American foreign policy. This I believe to be a situation understood by China, but again, it is important to not sound too truculent. Taking on a billion-plus Chinese is not an enterprise which one should enter lightly.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Believe, Peaceful, Chinese

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I mean you can go wherever you want with it really. No matter what story you're telling you're always representing some reality. You are always representing human beings, their fears, their shortcomings, their braveries, their doubts, their loves, their abilities, their brilliance and those things inevitably lead to bigger political systems, foreign policy and crime and religion. It's an action film. We are not taking a stance about big government.

  Colin Farrell

  Mean, Reality, Government

  "Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, & Jessica Biel Discuss ‘Total Recall’". Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. August 7, 2012.

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• We should treat each other better. Why in the hell would you still have racism? This ancient, moronic hatred? Why does our foreign policy have to always involve so much death and so much death of innocent people as a matter of course, to the point to where no one bothers to say anything. I guess a lot of people don't want to move forward. It's frustrating at times.

  Henry Rollins

  Moving, Racism, People

  Source: eluxemagazine.com

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• Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  People, Politics, Convenience

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• I get these lightweights like Marco Rubio, he gets up and says'Oh, Donald Trump didn't talk about foreign policy'.

  Donald Trump

  Get Up, Trump, Marcos

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• Common foreign policy is completely unnecessary. The various European countries have widely differing priorities, goals and prejudices. It would be wrong to force them all to follow the same course.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Country, Goal, Priorities

  "'The Past Is the Past'". Interview with Christian Neef and Jan Puhl, Renata Hanusova, www.spiegel.de. March 13, 2006.

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• The president, apparently, was so totally unaware of where his foreign policy was that he had to appoint a distinguished commission to help him locate it, and when the commissioners called him in to testify, he told them, essentially, that he couldn't remember what it looked like. Now, if Richard Nixon had claimed something like that you would at least have had the comfort of knowing he was lying. You could trust Nixon that way. But with this president, you have this nagging feeling that he's telling the truth.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Lying, Knowing

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• [A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Justice, Friendly, Spirit

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• At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in the Middle East. Progress on these and other global challenges requires us to develop a larger strategy for American foreign policy, rooted in a fundamental commitment to move the world from interdependence to an integrated global community committed to peace and prosperity, freedom and security.

  William J. Clinton

  Peace, Moving, Taken

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• We wish the happiness and prosperity of every nation.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wish, Prosperity, Nations

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.8, Modern Library

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• Another foreign-policy triumph for Reagan was his 1984 visit to China, where he met for more than three hours with Mao Zedong before realizing that Mao was dead.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Triumph, Three

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States”, p.170, Ballantine Books

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