Wendell Willkie Quotes

The best thing I know between France and England is- the sea.

The Republicans would like to be the co-pilots in the foreign policy take-offs as well as in the crash landings.

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.

Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light.

I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.

Republican isolationists had certainly tied the hands of every U.S. president, year after year - berating Franklin Roosevelt in particular and his attempts to ready the nation for inevitable attack.

Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our policies on foreign aid.

Our foreign policy has been inspired by two simple principles: the determination to place France's interests above all others, and the conviction that France has no greater interest than that of peace.

If France, Germany, and Great Britain – who have often been at war with each other – are now friends, then India, Pakistan, and China could become friends, too.

Let them [France and Germany] especially put their demands in such a way that Great Britain could say that she supported both sides.

The United States may have to abandon its policy of avoiding entangling alliances.

You should never make alliances with a decadent nation like France and a semi-barbarous nation like Russia

Non-recognition of the Soviet Government indicates no lack of sympathy for Russia, nor of appreciation of the fine qualities of the Russian people …. We earnestly hope for a reborn democratic Russia to which we can lend assistance without stint.

Economic assistance is one of the most effective weapons at our disposal to influence European political events in the direction we desire.

Statesmen should, you see, be very careful how they proceed to acts of positive hostility against the towns or inhabitants of any country with whom they ever intend to be on terms of alliance or kindness

Republicans used to bash President Barack Obama for alienating American allies, but Trump is turning off our partners like no one ever has.

Hillary Clinton is the secretary of state who knows how to build alliances. She built the sanctions regime around the world that stopped the Iranian nuclear weapons program. And that's what an intelligence surge means, better skill and capacity, but also about our alliances.

Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Donald Trump mainly shows contempt for them.

If you come from a wealthy country with open borders, unless you seriously believe you can kill, imprison or occupy all your enemies, you have to make a world with more friends and fewer enemies - with more partners and fewer terrorists.

America has to stand by our allies. I think the tension that existed between Israel and the United States was very unfortunate.

How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?

You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are - in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

There is no softer target in GOP primaries than the United Nations and foreign-aid spending.