Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism.

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism.

There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.

America is the friend of all the liberties of the world. She is the guardian only of her own.

Are we Uncle Sam or Uncle Sucker?

Unless we Americans are willing to go on indefinitely, merely to provide loot for Europe, we should personally see to it that a man is elected as President this year whose guiding motto is, "America First.

The reality is when you make 'America First' a bumper sticker and pump it overseas, what you're telling them is 'America Only'.

Do not let anyone get away with the argument that tearing our country out of one of the most successful partnerships in our history is somehow a great act of patriotism. It is not.

Why is Mexican nationalism a good thing, but putting American interests first needs defending?

In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism.

I'm not a white nationalist, I'm a nationalist. I'm an economic nationalist.

Too much of the Brexit rhetoric is based on the desire to go out and re-create Empire.

The more Trump emphasises America First, the more it turns into America Alone.

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.

Americanism not globalism will be our credo as long as we are led by politicians who will not put America first, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat America with respect, the respect that we deserve.

The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of empires of the past that took over the lands of others and eventually collapsed under the weight of the over-ambitious hegemon.

We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

In these days of intimate relations, of economic stress and of intense desire to protect national interests and advance national opportunity, the treatment of questions which, from a legal standpoint, are domestic, often seriously affects international relations. The principle, each nation for itself to the full extent of its powers, is the principle of war, not of peace.

Less care for internationalism and more concern for national prosperity!

The worst problems of the 20th Century occurred when the United States looked inward.

There is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world.

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

Isolationism has been a calamity.

In most nations, public opinion is in revolt against foreign policy.