Vladimir Putin Quotes

Listen to others. Do not conduct foreign policy only according to your own ideology. Do not conduct foreign policy only with an eye on domestic politics.

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

And so there has been a lot of diplomatic movement.

Americans tend to go for it all. In international politics you can’t have it all. You have to compromise.

Cooperation requires a certain degree of trust between states. The threshold of trust required for cooperation depends on a set of variables including a state's relative power and costs of conflict…. conflict between trustworthy states is possible, when we see conflict it is a sign that one or both of the states are likely to be untrustworthy.

Alliances do have to deal with political realities.

While pursuing its own interests, a country should accommodate the legitimate interests of others.

Compromise is not a word that generally makes political hearts flutter, and it is even less loved when it comes to the politics of U. S. foreign policy

I think it also important that the policies of the great nations be made simple and clear, so that the chance of misunderstanding is minimized.

When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.

Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.

A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.

We do not worry about how a sovereign country keeps its relations with others.

Diplomacy and coalition-building are hard work and not easy for any president.

When Barack Obama was running for president, he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Obama believed that he could speak to allies and dictators directly and charm them into seeing the error of their ways.

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

The foreign policy is not about changing mindsets. Foreign policy is about finding the common meeting points.

[Recep Tayyip] Erdogan is an adherent of realpolitik. He knows that international relations are not built on the strength of unilateral demands, but on solutions that are in everybody's best interest.

A grand bargain [with Russia] will not be achieved in a sweeping package that comes together at a single point in time. While attractive to contemplate, such a sudden strategic outcome is a chimera. Our best hope is in saying we will confront where we must but cooperate where we can.

I don’t talk to countries that exhibit bad behavior.

Every diplomatic breakthrough is preceded by a crisis, but not every crisis leads to a breakthrough.

Bipartisanship is like marriage. It takes two to make it work. It only takes one to make it a failure. The President has been playing politics with foreign policy.

Personal pique is not a foreign policy.

Cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.