Mike Pompeo Quotes

Our ports are a vital link in national security and it is extremely dangerous to be considering their sale to the United Arab Emirates government.

I know Fiat plans to start manufacturing cars in Iran. This is wrong.

No matter what President Trump says, Russia is an adversary and a threat - look no further than their invasion of Crimea.

I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.

In terms of the nature of the continuation of the Cold War, which has gone on so long between Cuba and the United States, I applaud the president for aggressively trying to end it and I hope we will have not only full diplomatic relations, but that the trade embargo will end.

Hillary Clinton and John Kerry have left the U.S. with better relations with Iran and Cuba and worse relations with allies like Israel.

It is reckless for a presidential candidate to publicly raise doubts about honoring treaty commitments with our allies.

At least from a national security standpoint, none of the problems the U.S. and U.K. face will become easier to solve if the U.K. is out of the E.U.; on the contrary, I fear that a 'Brexit' would only make our world even more dangerous and difficult to manage.

Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.

In 1962, President Kennedy expanded an earlier trade embargo put in place by a predecessor, President Eisenhower, to a total economic blockade, which pushed the Cubans further in Moscow's direction.

Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.

When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.

Venezuela has the largest oil reserve, and Venezuela has to defend itself.

America will regret imposing sanctions on Iran... they're already isolated in the world.

The state of Israel will stand as one entity against any attempt to boycott its products.

The European Union and its member states continue and will continue, as the nuclear deal is implemented, to have open channels with Iran.

The United States will not tolerate the P.R.C.'s (People's Republic of China) violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated the P.R.C.'s unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs and other egregious behavior.

The American people do not want their taxpayer dollars funding any activity that runs counter to the security of our nation or our ally Israel.

As a foreign company and offshore entity we will not be obliged to comply with the rules of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and countries like that.

It's amazing how many countries run their embassies as commercial outposts to promote businessmen from their country.

Korea remains in a very difficult position, politically, diplomatically and economically. Thus, it is very important to strike a balance with global powers. How well balanced Korea will be will determine what kind of roles we could play in the future.

The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it.

I don't believe Russia would attack a NATO country or NATO as such, no matter which country we are talking about.

You underestimate John Bolton at your peril.

When I worked in the Obama White House, people in national security positions had been uneasy making broad public arguments, particularly about political matters.