Erin O'Toole Quotes

I have always done my bit to improve Indo-Pak ties, but sometimes you say something, and it is interpreted the other way.

If you throw obstacles at the relationship with Mexico, you would be shooting yourself in the foot.

I’ve had foreign policy experience as governor of Texas—with Mexico.

lot of the uneasiness among Mexican leaders is because of the unknowns. Well those are to be determined and to be discussed and to be negotiated. At the end of the day, our neighborss aren't going anywhere and neigher are we, and we need to find ways to make it work.

We [Iran and the United States] have a common destiny in this region [The Middle East].

We can find common ground in agreeing that politics have no room in foreign policy.

I'm resolved to be active on diplomacy as Japan further develops relationships based on trust and cooperation with countries including the U.S.

There are some issues where we have common interests with Germany, there are some others that we don't... The diplomacy between good neighbors doesn't mean nodding one to another.

Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.

Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform.

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.

I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.

The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

Cooperation requires a certain degree of trust between states. The threshold of trust required for cooperation depends on a set of variables including a state's relative power and costs of conflict…. conflict between trustworthy states is possible, when we see conflict it is a sign that one or both of the states are likely to be untrustworthy.

We won’t be very successful with the Chinese leadership [on human rights issues] if we’re in their face all the time.

Governments can expect to act multilaterally or unilaterally—but not have it both ways at the same time.

The United States is destined to have a special relationship with Mexico as clear and as strong as we have had with Canada and Great Britain.

Today we will find most nations to be both our partners and our adversaries—sometimes simultaneously.

The only thing that is worse than dealing with Pakistan is the neglect of doing so.