Billy Graham Quotes

My father was a military attache, so I've been traveling all my life.

I have to say that when you tour the world, obviously, the jetlags and different hours and ways of living and traveling, a lot of hours in the plane, and you wake up in the morning and you're not quite sure where you are, and it is very tiring.

After university, I was desperate to be an ambassador. It went back to geography: I loved the idea of living in exotic and exciting countries, but still driving a Land Rover and having tea. I failed the Foreign Office exams three times.

Traveling the road can be quite tiresome.

Public Diplomacy – the open exchange of ideas and information – is an inherent characteristic of democratic societies. Its global mission is central to … foreign policy. And it remains indispensable to … national interests, ideals and leadership role in the world.

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.

Our foreign policy reflects the perceptions of our political elite about what we want.

We must be careful about speech writers making foreign policy.

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.

When the United States comes with resources and ideas, people pay attention.

On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.

A Canadian on the ground in different parts of the world, whether they're a diplomat, an aid worker, or a soldier, has an extraordinary, powerful impact.

I can't switch time zones any more. London is one of my favourite places, but I'm always so zonked that I can't appreciate it. It's like a six-inch sheet of glass between me and Charing Cross Road.

We have a great history; we have a great humanist face to put forward to the world.

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

Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.

One of the reasons America is welcome in Asia is because with America... there is a certain idealism and a certain bigness of soul. You want the region to prosper; you want countries to do well, and you are prepared to help them.

In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.

This is strictly personal opinion, not company policy, but I do think that we could do with having a USIA on steroids.

France has always succeeded because it is part of the world.

I get tired of the traveling.

With regards to American foreign policy all across the globe, it is important for us to be operating from positions of strength, and not to just concede that.

I have long witnessed the enormous contribution Britain makes around the world, with our impact through multilateral as well as through our bilateral engagement.

It's funny to think that at 22 years old, I was really burned out from being on the road for 10 years.