T. D. Jakes Quotes

Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn't, they hardly notice it. It's hard to worry about what happens in the Mideast when you don't have a job in the Midwest.

It's not our business for the United States to sort out the other fellow's economic problems. We've got enough of our own.

Every time something has gone wrong with foreign policy, it’s been because the American people have not been involved in the process.

The government's duties are to support the people on the one hand and to protect them on the other ... plans for livelihood become plans for the national defense.

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.

Promoting democracy is one goal of U. S. foreign policy dating back at least 100 years. But it has always been one goal of many, often negated and outweighed by other competing interests.

U. S. Foreign Policy is usually largely reactive.

I would never seek foreign conflicts just to distract attention from domestic difficulties; that would be frivolous.

Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military. It underwrites our diplomacy.

Such a conspiracy does not accord with the general sentiments or views of the United States to intermeddle in the domestic contests of other nations..

I’ll be damned if I will accept another package of economic policies perpetuate the same crisis. This is not what I was elected for.

Partisan politics should stop at the boundaries of the United States.

The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do.

Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a healthy degree of skepticism.

Often, foreign policy - which, by definition, is largely out of American control - is simply a matter of not doing the wrong thing, the unwise thing.

My job is to try to protect jobs in Kentucky now, not speculate about science in the future.

When I was a kid, the great debate was about how to defeat the Soviet Union. And we won. Now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares?

Americans almost never elect presidents on the basis of foreign policy.

I'm a proud conservative and firmly believe in a principled approach to foreign policy - one that builds on our values and interests as a country. This approach has made me a resolute and strong friend to Israel.

There is an issue of what does the U.S. expect abroad and what does the U.S. give at home. I think there's a reconciliation there that needs to be done.

I understand what needs to be done to fix the economy.

On my first day in office as President Quavo, I'd move my whole family into the White House. Second, I'd pull all the troops back. Third, I'd raise the minimum wage to a good, nice amount so people get paid.

We have to be able to show Canadians that our strength on the economy doesn't mean we ignore all other issues.

I'm not a fan in a rock concert, you see. I am a political leader in a great nation of the world. What interests me are France's interests.

When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do on behalf of the American people to deal with this economy, then that's not serving Democrats, that's not serving Republicans, that's not serving anybody.