Margaret MacMillan Quotes

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.

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.

An economically confident America has - since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century - tended toward global engagement. It is during times of economic stress (1930s, 1970s) that America has become more withdrawn.

The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those most critical of what America does abroad, will suffer.

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

America has saved the world most of the time, but messed it up a couple of times.

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

Don't think we've ever convinced the American people that it's not in our interest to be isolationists. Our tendency for the first century, maybe century-and-a-half of our existence was to be isolationists, to hide behind the two mighty oceans, to become self-sufficient, and to follow Washington's caution not to become involved in foreign entanglements and alliances.

The United States now has as its goal much more than simply containing Soviet expansionism. We seek the integration of the Soviet Union into the communlty of nations.... Ultimately, our objective is to welcome the Soviet Union back into the world order.

The United States need not worry about hearts and minds in foreign lands.

It is not a winning game for Europeans to have a hostility to the United States.

The United States … has never been isolated, never can be isolated, and has no desire to be isolated. The people of the United States are not only ready but willing and desirous to help their fellow-men, especially those of western civilization, in any way that is possible.

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

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

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.

I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

American diplomats worked closely with the League of Nations. The United States used its considerable influence to settle some of the outstanding issues left over from World War I, and Washington took the lead in negotiating naval limitations in the Pacific.

The United States of America is a threat to world peace.

State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world.

What would be the difference if we retreated and let the French and Germans make decisions for the world? We tried that twice in the last century. Isolationsim, refusing to accept our role in the world, and delaying our response to evildoers ultimately cost fifty-three million lives in World War 2 alone. The preemption policy of the Bush administration, taking the war to the enemy and exporting democracy and freedom, has liberated fifty million.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.

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

I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.