Frank B. Kellogg Quotes

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.

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

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

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

Don't think we've ever convinced the American people that it's not in our interest to be isolationists. Our tendency for the first century, maybe century-and-a-half of our existence was to be isolationists, to hide behind the two mighty oceans, to become self-sufficient, and to follow Washington's caution not to become involved in foreign entanglements and alliances.

It is not a winning game for Europeans to have a hostility to the United States.

There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush.

American official policy is that Egypt is an ally of the United States.

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

Isolationism is over.

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.

I'm concerned when certain movements or countries have been isolated from the international dialogue because then you have no way of influencing them.

The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless, ally does not mean aligned.

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.

An economically confident America has - since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century - tended toward global engagement. It is during times of economic stress (1930s, 1970s) that America has become more withdrawn.

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.

Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.

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

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

As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further.

China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.

My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation.

The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those most critical of what America does abroad, will suffer.

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.

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