Richard N. Haass Quotes

Commerce is a teacher and a pacificator. It gives mankind knowledge one of another. Reciprocity of trade promotes reciprocity of friendship. Good trade insures good will. … and wherever we secure just and fair commercial relations with other nations, we are sure to have with them friendly political relations.

China trading with its neighbours and building infrastructure brings only benefits.

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.

The increase of riches and commerce and commerce in any one nation, instead of hurting, commonly promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbors.

… sooner or later the Armenian-Turkish relations will be normalized since closed borders between States is a non-sense in the 21st century, and rulers can find themselves in an unenviable position if they fail to keep up with the global developments.

There is a direct connection that cannot be severed between the diplomatic process and growth and prosperity.

The age of economic relations as the primary arena for interactions between states is already upon us.

When our economy grows, it is good for the world. When the world economy grows, it is good for the United States.

All the nations that are adjacent to Afghanistan have a vested interest in the future stability and security of Afghanistan.

Multinational companies use their technological know-how in their foreign subsidiaries, so reciprocal multinational relationships are key - they lead to a vested interest in both countries to remaining open.

The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world.

So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.

In our modern world of interdependent nations, hardly any state can wage war successfully without raising loans and buying war materials of every kind in the markets of other nations.

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.

I had the trade minister in China sit down as we were preparing for trade negotiations. He said, 'Please don't let people in the United States lose their confidence because when you lose your confidence, the rest of the world suffers'.

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement.

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.

The adult way to run a business is to run it more like a country. They have disputes, yet they've actually been able to have huge trade with each other. They're not sending bombs at each other.

Europe is very critical to the United States in the sense not only do we have a fourth of our exports there, but more importantly, a significant proportion of the foreign affiliate profits in fact, half of U.S. corporations, are in Europe.

We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.