Rashid Khalidi Quotes

We need Trump to lead the liberal democratic order around the world. No other nation can do that the way we can, and it's going to be very hard for Congress to do it over his opposition.

The discourse of the West and the attitudes of its leaders are important because they influence public debate in Turkey.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

We do not want to tie ourselves ... to the United States, because she is unreliable ... and her statesmen do not know the mind of their own country.

Public Diplomacy – the open exchange of ideas and information – is an inherent characteristic of democratic societies. Its global mission is central to … foreign policy. And it remains indispensable to … national interests, ideals and leadership role in the world.

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.

U. S. [world] leadership has endured, in part because American principles are embedded in the international economic framework.

Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.

Why does America always need to be the world's policeman?

The president sets the tone. He creates the atmosphere, and that can be enlightened, progressive, or it can be intimidating, depending on what the president's agenda is. I think the other dimension of this that I worry about is impacts overseas with friends and allies, many of whom are very, very concerned about America's position in the world and whether or not it's going to continue its leadership, which has been the prevalent condition since World War II.

The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.

Donald Trump can say hey, did she [Hillary Clinton] short-circuit when she reset the relationship with Vladimir Putin and now Russia is, according to "The New York Times" article today, Russia is in control in Syria?

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals

We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an empire puts all of us in jeopardy. The American Empire, while it was just wreaking havoc on other nations, didn't bother us.

I still hope that the American system of checks and balances will ultimately prevent this man, Donald Trump, with his erratic political style, from jeopardizing our European security architecture.

With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.

We're talking about bilateral agreements with other countries in Asia, so that we can expand our influence and get countries to play by our set of rules. That's to me is something that's really important.

He [Vladimir Putin] will not be able to push Donald Trump around the world. Believe me.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.

Imagine if we didn't have a President traveling the world bad mouthing America....that's the UN's job.

Putin is going to be considering the United States his number one enemy no matter who our president is - and no matter who's elected, that isn't going to change. I think Putin is loving the media saying he's got all this power, 'cause they're a Third World country outside of their military.

I think it would be a threat [Donald's Trump presidency] to the conduct of our foreign policy and our position in the world at large.

The United States is the Godfather when it establishes edicts. Others had better live up to them, or else. We have to demonstrate that. So that's what the bombing of Syria was to have demonstrated.

With Iran's long history of lies and non-cooperation, why are we talking to them? Why are we giving them legitimacy?

I think you know what's new about this the Democrat Party not liking the Russians. That's a first. The Democrat Party not liking the idea the Soviet Union back together.