Robert Cranborne Quotes

My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

This President is a miserable failure on foreign policy.

Bill Clinton’s only experience with foreign policy is the fact that he had breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'

I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am sad because I love this job. I'm totally dedicated to the work that we are doing in Australia's name around the world, and I believe that we have achieved many good results for Australia, and I'm proud of them.

We intend to continue our interest in the affairs of Europe and of the world.

The way you change foreign policy is by raising the domestic political cost of the policy.

The natural alliance is between ourselves and the great German Empire.

One doesn't set aside reality in pursuing our interests abroad.

... American temptation to beleive that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

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

President William Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.

English [foreign] policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions.

For foreign policy it is necessary to have men who inspire confidence.

People think that it only takes an American decision to solve this or that problem [in foreign affairs].

Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

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

Be more conscious about what you say about foreign policy issues, because they are complicated.

I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

We have not been a normal country when it comes to engagement in the world.

I fully, fully concede that Secretary Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of State for four years, has more experience - hat is not arguable - in foreign affairs.