Bulent Ecevit Quotes

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

We all read news stories about the difficulties and tensions that the United States has with our allies and even with coalition partners in Iraq, but we rarely read about the good news.

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States.

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.

Americans tend to go for it all. In international politics you can’t have it all. You have to compromise.

For future geopolitical stability and global prosperity, we need to build a culture of greater trust and understanding between China, America and the rest of the world.

In terms of the espionage, this is something I have talked to President Obama about. We don't want it to mar the relationship between Mexico and the United States. But it is unacceptable for a country to practice such espionage, especially if there is a good relationship with the other country.

The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.

Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.

The foreign policy of this government is driven by politics - to extend a revolution worldwide. My objective with regards to foreign relations is to benefit all Venezuelans.

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

We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development.

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.

It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation.

And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies - we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America.