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Foreign Policy Quotes

Quotes on diplomacy, alliances, and strategy.

These foreign policy quotes resist bumper-sticker simplicity, favoring a middle path over extremes and noting how one country's closest partnerships anchor its global stance. See more in Believe quotes.

For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy.

Quotes by Tariq Ali

In some ways, Mr. Modi's foreign policy is a continuation of Dr. Manmohan Singh's, and in some ways, it could be that Mr. Modi was repossessing all the non Nehru-Gandhi leaders of the Congress.

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

Quotes by Samantha Power

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.

Quotes by Robert Dallek

Almost Quotes

Trump's foreign policy is not so much immoral as it is amoral.

Quotes by Richard N. Haass

America needs a bipartisan foreign policy that is predictable, pragmatic, and understandable.

Quotes by Pete Hoekstra

Demanding an end to partisan bickering on foreign policy is not an unrealistic requirement.

Quotes by Pete Hoekstra

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

Quotes by John Bolton

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.

Quotes by Joe Biden

America Quotes

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Quotes by Hubert H. Humphrey

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

Quotes by Geraldine Ferraro

Americans almost never elect presidents on the basis of foreign policy.

Quotes by George Packer

On foreign policy, Obama has talked softly and carried a big stick.

Quotes by George Packer

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

Quotes by Damian Lewis

Been Quotes

The Obama foreign policy, in broad strokes, has been a disaster.

Quotes by Charles Krauthammer

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.

Quotes by Carlos Mesa

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up in these foreign policy quotes?
Strategic partnerships between nations and the case for measured, non-extreme diplomacy.
Do these quotes support one political side?
No - the page presents differing views on diplomacy without endorsing any party or leader.
Is there a quote about oversimplifying foreign policy?
Yes, one specifically rejects reducing foreign policy to bumper-sticker slogans.
Does any quote mention international alliances?
One highlights how close strategic ties with another nation anchor a country's broader foreign policy.
Where can I read more general commentary like this?
Believe quotes touch on similarly considered, first-person views.

Another reflects on how leadership approaches can echo or diverge from those before them. Continue with America or Almost quotes.