Ronald Steel Quotes

On the way back from Mumbai to go meet with President Xi in China, I stopped in Singapore to meet with a guy named Lee Kuan Yew, who most foreign policy experts around the world say is the wisest man in the Orient.

At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a statesman.

Personally, I think that Hillary was one of the worst, if not the worst, I mean if you look at the record, secretary of States ever, ever in this country. I think that's the bigger problem that she's got. I don't think Benghazi is as big a problem for her as her past and what's happened. The world blew up around her.

Like Hillary Clinton, I, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?

Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician.

Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself.

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.

President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice.

I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.

I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.

When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense.

I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.