Jim Leach Quotes

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

The U.S.-Israel relationship is so important.

I think we can be confident that U.S. policy toward Poland and thus also our relations will not deteriorate, that at least they will not become weaker.

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States.

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.

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

If you operate any kind of major diplomacy, you must run some risk.

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

The media has become a major player in the conduct of diplomacy.

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.

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..

I hope to develop our relationship with the Trump administration and with the United States. It's a very sound relationship that's based on the basic strategic congruence of views about the world, about the region.

The United States is our best friend, and our relations are excellent. Our relations will be strengthened even more, despite our differences in views.

Harmonious relations with a superpower like America should be a priority, but it does not mean that one should start begging from it.

Now some people might call President Xi of China the king of China. But he's called president. But we have a very good relationship and that's a positive thing. And it would be good to have that relationship with Russia and other countries, too.

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

I do have a relationship with Putin, and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today.

We are coming to realise that foreign operations in today's world call for a total diplomacy ... Ambassadors can no longer be content with wining and dining, reporting, analysing and cautiously predicting.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.