Cal Thomas Quotes

The World Doesn’t Want to Be American

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

I think that there is a limit on how far you can export democracy.

The foreign policy of a socialist country is conducted on the basis of the principle of proletarian internationalism and a fundamental element of this principle is the recognition of the right of nations to self-determination.

… a propositional nation is obliged to open its borders to strangers “yearning to breathe free,” but it is also justified in engaging in endless crusades to impose its propositions on the rest of the world

It is likely that America will be more important during the next century or two, but after that it may well be the turn of China.

Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world.

Shouldn't India, too, like other countries, protect its national interests?

America does not have the luxury of withdrawing from the world, our security, and our prosperity, and our values demand that we remain engaged and involved in -- often distant places.

Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in a democracy is that it doesn't necessarily have to agree with what America's interests are, and it doesn't necessarily have to be serving American interests.

If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.

It would be much easier for me to be so tough - the tougher I am on Russia, the better. But you know what? I want to do the right thing for the American people. And to be honest, secondarily, I want to do the right thing for the world. If Russia and the United States actually got together and got along - and don't forget, we're a very powerful nuclear country and so are they. There's no up-side.

People are really excited by Obama abroad because he seems to be the first American presidential candidate who has ambition to go out of the country. In a sense, with the power of globalization, you are kind of electing the leader of the Western world to an extent.

It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should be democratic like we are.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.

Isolationism is over.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia.

You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.

From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.