Mitt Romney Quotes

America under Barack Obama has become a defensive, reactive and weaker country both at home and abroad.

As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. And a strong America's essential to shape events, and a strong America, by the way, depends on a strong military.

I do believe American leadership in the world matters, that we can't just disengage from the world.

Around the world, America's influence has declined while this president [Barack Obama] has destroyed our military, our allies no longer trust us, and our adversaries no longer respect us.

Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values.

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.

At a time of change and challenge at home and abroad, these investments will enhance the security of Americans, assure the future American leadership, and help build the foundations of peace, stability, and prosperity in the years ahead.

Seven-and-a-half years of the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has weakened America's place in the world and it has emboldened the enemies of our freedom.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan continued. Mr. Obama would be forced back into a war on terror if terrorist groups pull off enough damaging or frightening attacks to force this issue to the fore.

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

How much do we really need for the defense of the United States of America? Only the defense to defend its shores? Well I suppose that the maximum for the defense of our shores is one billion dollars. So the rest of our defense budget relates to what we regard as our responsibilities as a world power.

Undertaking to explain our foreign policy in terms of our public opinion is to explain one mystery in terms of another.

The United States has become geopolitically hobbled seemingly interested in grand strategic initiatives or transformative diplomacy, as its attention constantly dances from one crisis to another.

America must always lead on the world stage.

Make China Strong. Make China String is the only way to ensure that foreign countries will not tart a conflict against us.

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department.

In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.

We had eight years of Barack Obama depleting our military, ignoring a lot of the threats around the world.

Our enemies and allies alike must know that aggressors will pay an unspeakable price for challenging the United States. The best way to impose that price is global military dominance.

Korea remains in a very difficult position, politically, diplomatically and economically. Thus, it is very important to strike a balance with global powers. How well balanced Korea will be will determine what kind of roles we could play in the future.

U.S. foreign aid must be used more strategically to achieve our national security goals.

Pakistan has done some really terrible things, and yet they also have facilitated our military capabilities in ways that are critical to our country.

We've just got to have American strength on the world stage. When Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, the Russians and other countries in the world will know they're dealing with a strong American president.