Emmanuel Macron Quotes

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

A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.

There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.

Universities have a big role to play... making it very clear to their counterparts, their networks, that the U.K. is not walking away from the world. We still value multilateral cooperation, we still see the EU as a significant partner.

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

We feel no isolation. But, having said that, I want to emphasise in particular that we do not want to go to extremes and abandon the European and American directions in our foreign economic cooperation.

Globalization is blurring the distinction between foreign affairs and domestic politics.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.

The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world.

China's reform and opening-up programme and Europe's integration process have both contributed significantly to global peace, development, and prosperity. China firmly supports the integration of Europe and regards the E.U. as a strategic partner that deserves our confidence.

Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.

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.

In an era of billion-person countries and trillion-pound economies, we need to find ways to amplify our voice. We are most likely to be heard when the Chinese negotiate with a £10 trillion E.U., not a £1.5 trillion Britain.

Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

Isolationism is over.

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

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

In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.

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.