Richard Gere Quotes

America had one idea attached to its brand. We presented ourselves as the world's last superpower. And that was the world's worst branding idea.

Anti-Americanism from abroad would not be such a problem if Americans were united in standing up for their own country.

I would rather see the United States respected than loved by other nations.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

The world wants to like America.

I think it is important to help our country's image outside of Spain.

National image ... prestige among other nations ... It was the main purpose of the civil space program.

The duration and scale of the Chinese past allow Chinese leaders to use the mantle of an almost limitless history to evoke a certain modesty in their opposite number.

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult.

The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians.

America wants its respect.

One of the things I'm fascinated by as a traveler is watching how different countries control how they let the world encounter them.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.

Even as we pour hundreds of billions of dollars into our efforts in the Middle East, there is much that needs to be done to win the war of ideas in the Muslim world and beyond.

Geopolitical drama lessened but did not die after the Cold War; in 2008, the specter of thousands of seeming automatons banging drums at the opening of the Beijing Games frightened and enthralled the world, reminding us that China was a nation on the rise, a competitor for global dominance.

At present, the most effective way of preventing war would be for statesmen to direct politics so as to support a sound nationalism. This leads to concordance between people of kindred race and languages, whereas the conquest and coercion of people of different race and language inevitably lead to new wars.

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.

I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.

China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.

The Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo show just how much effort China is willing to spend to enter the global stage. But while China desires to understand the world, it fails to accept its universal values.

There's a lot of egos in these countries, like the French, the Germans, et cetera, and so they keep funding and rehabilitating Yasser Arafat.

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

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Japan is running an ongoing political campaign in America as if it were a third major party.