George Soros Quotes

Political and security realities have reduced the scope of American unilateralism.

Both Russia and the United States are struggling to define their proper roles in the world.

I'm in favour of a multi-polar world. I believe that every country has the right to defend its own interests.

I don't like a bipolar or a unipolar world. I like a multipolar world but on many occasions people have been surprised that South Africa has not seemed, internationally as well as internally, to take a decision that affirms the true values of your Constitution and the vision of those who were there at the beginning - Madiba himself and others.

I think this country and the world would be far better off if the US is not an outlaw state.

American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.

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

Every government is in some respects a problem for every other government.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

You can't build a foreign policy on the presence of an individual [a particular foreign leader].

Multilateralism may be little more than a polite way of camouflaging what is in practice unilateralism with allies.

You cannot have individual foreign policy. You cannot have celebrity foreign policy.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

It is the natural desire of each nation to use the other as an instrument of its own purposes and policies. By dint of our mutual dependence, your influence is amplified by our power. Our power is made more responsible and more effective by your influence.

Even allies don’t share every single interest that you have. That’s a law of nature in the international system. They will tell you most of what you need to know but there may be some things that they don’t tell you that you need to know in order to formulate your policy as wisely as you can.

We have to acknowledge and discuss with citizens that Germany needs to take on more responsibility. One of the questions is, 'Can we keep a functioning international order?'

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

[Recep Tayyip] Erdogan is an adherent of realpolitik. He knows that international relations are not built on the strength of unilateral demands, but on solutions that are in everybody's best interest.

The United Nations represents not a final stage in the development of world order, but only a primitive stage. Therefore its primary task is to create the conditions which will make possible a more highly developed organization.

We had the clip of [Donald] Trump saying: I'm not president of the globe. I'm president of the United States.[Ronald] Reagan would have never said that. [Dwight] Eisenhower would have never said that, because he would have said, yes, I'm president of the United States, but it's in our interests to be securing a world order.

The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so.

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.

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

For years now, long before I became House majority leader, I have been passionate about foreign affairs because I believe that anyone who leads in Washington must appreciate the significance of America's role in providing for global security and prosperity.