National Interests Quotes - Page 5

• It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain's national interest that the EU should succeed.

  Theresa May

  Succeed, Should, Britain

  Source: www.npr.org

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• What America first means is we put the national interests of the United States and the well-being of our own country and our own people first. Our foreign policy, first and foremost, should be focused on the defense of American freedom, security and rights.

  Pat Buchanan

  Country, Mean, America

  Source: www.npr.org

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• We negotiated the construction of a gas pipeline system along the bottom of the Black Sea to Bulgaria. We signed certain treaties of a technical nature, contracts for laying the gas pipeline. And then Bulgaria created such conditions that the project's implementation became impossible, which was obviously against its own national interests. The former Bulgarian leadership was, in fact, aware of that and acknowledged it. But we trusted them when we were launching that project. We sustained losses amounting to millions, several million dollars. We would not want to get into such situations.

  Vladimir Putin

  Loss, Sea, Black

  Source: www.rt.com

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• However, personally, I see this as not having the right to abuse this trust [among the citizens of Russia and Japan], and any decision we reach should correspond to the national interests of the Russian Federation.

  Vladimir Putin

  Russia, Japan, Decision

  Source: www.rt.com

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• I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better. I understand in the past, some in government have said government cannot stand side-by-side with people of faith. Let me put it more bluntly, government can't spend money on religious programs simply because there's a rabbi on the board, cross on the wall, or a crescent on the door. I viewed this as not only bad social policy - because policy by-passed the great works of compassion and healing that take place - I viewed it as discrimination.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, Religious, Wall

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• Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other countries involved.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Important, Remember

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• It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.

  Anthony Albanese

  Jobs, Australia, Flying

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Only a war that serves no conceivable national interest gets the New York Time's endorsement. Liberals warm to the idea of American mothers weeping for their sons, but only if their deaths will not make America any safer.

  Ann Coulter

  Mother, New York, War

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.266, Crown Forum

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• Legislators consistently put the political imperative before the national interest.

  Doug Bandow

  Political, Interest, Legislators

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• For German Social Democracy, Europe is vital to the national interest.

  Martin Schulz

  Europe, Democracy, Social

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There is no regard for human lives, or local national interests. It is because the West, despite its hypocritical rhetoric (political correctness) does not really consider non-whites and non-Christians as human beings.

  Andre Vltchek

  Christian, Political, West

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.

  Paul Kagame

  People, Interest, Rwanda

  "Exclusive interview: Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda". Interview with Tony Metcalf, www.metro.us. August 29, 2012.

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• Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.

  Tom Cotton

  Islamic, Believe, Fighting

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. July 3, 2016.

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• Republican voters believe we should have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest. They don't believe we should enter into - commit the United States to further globalist policies that diminish the sovereignty and freedom of American to act in its own interest.

  Jeff Sessions

  Believe, Should Have, Immigration

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The last thing I'd say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a lot of things done. And that, in the end - the public service, the national interest: that is what it's all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said: I was the future once.

  David Cameron

  Mind, Lasts, Done

  FaceBook post by David Cameron from Jul 13, 2016

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• If Britain pursues a more independent foreign policy, it might be possible then. And if it is guided by commitments to its allies and considers this to be of a bigger national interest than its cooperation with Russia, so be it.

  Vladimir Putin

  Independent, Commitment, Russia

  Source: thesaker.is

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• Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of the Eurozone and therefore the shape of the EU itself. Opportunities to advance our national interest are clearly becoming apparent. We should focus on how to make the most of this, not pursue a parliamentary process for a multiple choice referendum.

  David Cameron

  Opportunity, Multiple Choice, Choices

  House of Commons, Oral Answers to Questions, www.publications.parliament.uk. October 24, 2011.

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• The U.S. has and still is cooperating with various military dictatorships around the world. Obviously we would prefer to see them democratized, but we are doing it because we have national interests, whether it's working with Pakistan on Afghanistan or whatever.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Military, Pakistan, World

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• What I'm clear about is that we have an opportunity through this early meeting with Donald Trump to start that process of building on that special relationship, that special relationship which is on our national interest, and I think that we can together not just build that special relationship but do it in a way that is good for both for us and good more widely.

  Theresa May

  Opportunity, Thinking, Together

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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