Hugo Chavez Quotes

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

There is one condition for us to have healthy relations with the United States. It's called respect.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate.

Normalization of relations with the United States should not be a reward for good behavior .... It should depend on America's interests.

Nothing guides Russian policy so much as a desire for friendship with the United States.

We have normal relations with lots of countries whose leadership we do not like..

Argentina wants to have good ties with the entire world.

China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.

I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.

This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

If the condition of our relations with other nations is less gratifying than it has usually been at former periods, it is certainly more satisfactory than a nation so unhappily distracted as we are might reasonably apprehended.

I have come here, therefore, on a voyage of discovery of the mind and heart of America and to place before you our own heart. Thus we may promote that understanding and cooperation which, I feel sure, both our countries earnestly desire.

There must not and cannot be any conflict, estrangement or misunderstanding between the Chinese people and America.

To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

We do have every interest in maintaining the friendliest possible relations with Mexicans from all legitimate political walks of life.