James F. Byrnes Quotes

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.

We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people.

American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.

Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

U.S. society doesn't want to play the role of international policeman.

I think no one knows what humanitarian intervention means. If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.

The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.

It's clear that the United States has more to give the world than military bases.

The United States influences government and life everywhere else.

A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests.

It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever.

The United States can't go in and impose order on chaos every place in the world.

When did the American people decide that U. S. foreign policy should be conducted through the United Nations.

The possibility of the United States winning the war and losing the peace is real and serious

The United States … has never been isolated, never can be isolated, and has no desire to be isolated. The people of the United States are not only ready but willing and desirous to help their fellow-men, especially those of western civilization, in any way that is possible.

In recent years, we have seen the United States back away from pressuring the Castro regime, under the misguided view that placating them with an open hand would yield progress. That naivete has invited only more cruelty and oppression in return.

I think any of us who have been involved in the mission of Iraq have developed a great deal of affection for the Iraqi people and are emotionally invested in what we think is a vital mission... So I think any of my contemporaries would welcome the opportunity to go back and make a contribution to this extraordinarily important mission.

The U.S. government understands the importance of Nigeria in Africa and the world at large.

And I think the only way you're going to improve US foreign policy and set a sound course for the future is if you're willing to look back at what went wrong before.

With regards to American foreign policy all across the globe, it is important for us to be operating from positions of strength, and not to just concede that.

America needs to step up and lead for once.