Letitia Baldrige Quotes

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

When the Egyptians decide something, probably it is not appropriate for the U.S. When the Americans decide something, this, of course, is not appropriate for Egypt.

George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!

President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't cease to be states overnight just because they get a great visionary as their new president.

The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs.

Are we Uncle Sam or Uncle Sucker?

What is modernity? Is it defending foreign interests, or defending interests of our country?

If we are not anti-China, are we still human?

The arguments in the Brexit vote and in the American presidential campaign are about the same. In a friendly way, may I also give some advice to the American people to make the right choice when the moment comes.

I am confident my Hindutva face will be an asset when dealing with foreign affairs with other nations.

The issue for me is not just Brexit. It is beyond Brexit - how you conduct politics and the veering towards populism and English nationalism.

I care about national sovereignty of America.

Country comes before politics.

People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.

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.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?

I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.

How can a country that is impoverished, humiliated and beaten defend its national interests?

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

I often heard Latvians compare Russia and America. Latvians find both countries and their leaders possessed of the same mysterious confidence.