Rousas John Rushdoony Quotes

Very near the heart of all foreign affairs is the relationship between policy and military power.

President Obama's consistent agenda has been to weaken the United States and our allies in pursuit of a more 'balanced' global power structure.

… international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.

The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.

When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack Israel the way they do. When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's why we see the leader of Iran... continuing to build the nuclear reactors.

We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the true threats that we face.

Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.

United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

Great powers engage.

Historians in the future will surely wonder what went so wrong when the United States, for the first time ever, focused its foreign policy on the Islamic world.

You help us pay for the war we’ll fight; we’ll launch it while you’re asleep at night. We don’t need friends all around the world; We’ll buy our friends with our flag unfurled, And spread our arms on a global scale To show the world that we still prevail. Oh, we’re not leaders inspiring peace, But we’re in power as the world’s police. So pay your tax for our little war, And we’ll not ask for any more. This year!

I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

Foreign policy works best when force and diplomacy are used together.

Alliances do have to deal with political realities.