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Foreign Countries Quotes

Treaties, history, and the connection language can build.

These foreign countries quotes range from 19th-century treaty diplomacy, Japan's safety tied to how other nations would follow suit, to a much warmer observation: foreign countries respond when American artists Believe enough to sing in the local language.

Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in...

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter.

Quotes by Townsend Harris

What is newest to one in foreign countries is not always the people, but their surroundings, and those same little details of life and circumstance which make no impression on a man in his own land until he returns to...

Quotes by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Agriculture Quotes

Above all, we shall wage no more unilateral, ill-planned, ill-considered, and ill-prepared invasions of foreign countries that pose no actual threat to our security.

Quotes by Theodore C. Sorensen

Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.

Quotes by Rod Blagojevich

I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing...

Quotes by Natalie Cole

I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy.

Quotes by John Salazar

Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen. So it is a shocking experience to them that he came in to office.

Quotes by Henry Kissinger

Being Quotes

I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.

Quotes by Eduard Shevardnadze

I will travel to all 75 counties in Arkansas every year, listen to your stories and concerns, and work hard every single day on the issues affecting you and your family instead of visiting exotic foreign countries on the taxpayer...

Quotes by Conner Eldridge

Every country, every donation is a different case, and there are many cases where NGOs are getting support from foreign countries for good purposes.

Quotes by Ayelet Shaked

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

Quotes by Arthur Erickson

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's this Foreign Countries collection about?
Diplomatic and historical reflections on how nations relate to countries beyond their own borders — from 19th-century treaty policy to modern touring musicians.
Why search for foreign countries quotes?
They're useful for writing about diplomacy, international relations, or cultural exchange, especially quotes that compare how nations are perceived from the outside.
One quote compares 2,000 years of Chinese history to fifty years of Western history — what's the point being made?
It's an argument for taking the long view — the quote questions assumptions of Western superiority by asking whether foreign countries' much shorter record shows more generosity or benevolence than China's far longer one.
Is there a modern, cultural-exchange angle here too?
Yes — one quote describes how foreign audiences respond warmly when American artists make an effort to sing or greet them in the local language, a small but meaningful gesture of respect.
Does the collection reference specific historical treaties?
One quote discusses expectations around a Japan-U.S. treaty and how it might set a precedent other nations would follow, reflecting an early era of treaty diplomacy.

One line even reaches back 2,000 years to compare government records over centuries, a reminder that opinions about foreign countries have been argued for as long as nations have existed.