Chuck Hagel Quotes

Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at least our friends.'* I must say that I do not think that we probably demonstrated in that forty years that we are angels yet, but I hope we have demonstrated that we are at least friends.

Tony Blair made decisions on what he thought was best for the people of Great Britain, and I made decisions on what I thought was best for Americans. And I really don't view our relationship as one of quid pro quo. I view our relationship as one of strong allies and friends working together for the common good.

I pray for that moment in which I think we can claim to the world that we are now in a different, new era of Indo-American relationship of trust, of working together, partnership strengthened both by our commitment to common values, and also the identity of interests.

Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent.

Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they translate that to their people and to their counterparts in other countries. You can fulfill and achieve a great deal if you get along well as individuals, as people, as persons.

There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am sad because I love this job. I'm totally dedicated to the work that we are doing in Australia's name around the world, and I believe that we have achieved many good results for Australia, and I'm proud of them.

I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.

We won’t be very successful with the Chinese leadership [on human rights issues] if we’re in their face all the time.

Conflict with our allies in a war is terrible. But the only thing worse is fighting a war without allies.

People tend to leave foreign affairs to governments because they think the leaders of government have all the information and know better.

We are going to extend our frank hand to seek a relation of friendship - I repeat - of cooperation with the United States.

We should have a good working friendship with the United States.

The partnerships between Schmidt and Giscard, Kohl and Mitterrand, and even between Chirac and Schroeder, have proved that political differences do not mean that we cannot work together.

I do think it's fair to say that there are times when President Obama has not been engaged enough with the Middle East.

When you are close allies and good friends, like Denmark and the U.S. are, there should also be room for disagreements along the way.

I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.

The Philippines are a very important - I have many, many friends from the Philippines. They're great people. The Philippines strategically is very important to us. I think we'll have a great relationship with the Philippines. I think it's strategically very important to do so.

The Chinese government thinks China and the U.S. should develop a constructive relationship of cooperation.

We always welcome when somebody says he or she is ready to work with Russia.

We are proceeding on the basis of common values. We have more to gain from partnership, from promoting our partnership in dealing with the big global challenges. I, therefore, believe that in the near future, not much is going to change in the relations between E.U., Greece and the United States of America. These are relations that were forged under very difficult conditions and rely on the common values of our people.

I think there are enormous possibilities. And today there are no I think barriers to increased cooperation with India and the United States.

It is important for us to understand that the way we are perceived in the world is going to make a difference, in terms of our capacity to get cooperation and root out terrorism. And one of the things that I intend to do as president is to restore America's standing in the world.

This is not our job, but we always follow the actions of our European partners closely and we wish them luck.