Chiang Kai-shek Quotes

I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

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.

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

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

The World Doesn’t Want to Be American

If the whole of the 20th century has taught us anything, it has taught us that borders must be respected.

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

Why shouldn't Turkey be in the Shanghai Five?

Maybe Americans feel they don't need the rest of the world anymore, and they wish it would go away. We don't have that option.

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so.

Sometimes I say in France: Europe is no more the center of the world - and the United States, neither. We have other key players on the international stage: China, of course; but also Brazil, India and South Africa. And their influence is very, very strong.

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.

The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.

The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

Isolationism is over.

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.