Paul Martin Quotes

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those most critical of what America does abroad, will suffer.

Its easy for a country to talk about global affairs but unless you can do something about it, you are not a player.

France will be heeded if it has a message to convey.

No nation is so lost to pride as to submit the conduct of its internal affairs to the arbitrament of foreign powers.

Under the George W. Bush Administration…, the United States was generally seen as having the capacity and resolve, to pursue its own agenda in complete disregard of other states’ preferences.

The United States is necessary for the solution to many problems in the world today. However, we are no longer sufficient..

... we Americans know and we observe the differences between world leadership and imperialism.

If the United States disengages from many issues confronting the international community it will be replaced.

The United States has such an opportunity to be a leader in the world, and that opportunity has been frittered away.

We are not quitters. Britain has always gone out there; we have probably been more influential than any other country in shaping our world and the way it has thought about itself, the way we interact as nations.

Of course the U.K., and its component parts, should seek out as many connections with as many parts of the world as is profitable and feasible. But to play any kind of global role effectively, the U.K. is likely always to require allies within its own continent, and far more enterprise needs devoting to this.

We are a global power, active and responsible on the world stage. This will never change.

America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators.

Are we going to lead the world with strength and in accordance with our values? That's what I intend to do.

Indeed, often because of the size and weight in the world of our neighbor, we in Canada often define ourselves in contrast to American positions on things like Cuba, the Vietnam War and nuclear disarmament. Historically, Canada has not always been aligned with the United States. It doesn't necessarily serve anyone's interests - Canadian or American - to be seen as an extension of the United States.

Whether splendidly isolated or dangerously isolated, I will not now debate; but for my part, I think splendidly isolated, because the isolation of England comes from her superiority.

It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

Bush will keep up that policy that gives the United State the role of promoting freedom in the world.