Marie Antoinette Quotes

You will never hear me denigrating other countries.

We need cultural awareness and a cooperative approach with other countries versus a dominating approach.

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

We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of how the world sees us. And those disturbing facts keep getting us into a lot of trouble.

I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.

No other people, as a whole, is entirely our enemy. No people at all … is entirely our friend.

One is treading on very delicate ground when you have to consider the public opinion in China, Japan, the League of Geneva, and at home. It is pretty hard to avoid using a word which may arouse unintended repercussions in one or the other of those half a dozen localities

Let politicians deal with politics. I will put effort into enhancing the dialogue between the Turkish and Armenian peoples.

We should tread cautiously before casting judgment on foreign governments and their people.

If you spend 72 hours in a place you've never been, talking to people whose language you don't speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don't understand, and you come back as the world's biggest know-it-all, you're a reporter. Either that or you're President Obama.

I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.

I think I would have a very good relationship with many foreign leaders.

Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service.

The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting.

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?

One of the things I'm fascinated by as a traveler is watching how different countries control how they let the world encounter them.

The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.

When the Egyptians decide something, probably it is not appropriate for the U.S. When the Americans decide something, this, of course, is not appropriate for Egypt.

The foreign policy of this government is driven by politics - to extend a revolution worldwide. My objective with regards to foreign relations is to benefit all Venezuelans.

Ambassadors are, by definition, foreign bodies.

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.