Bill Clinton Quotes

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

In the past, a blow to the international system's strongest power would have been welcomed by its rivals. In the wake of September 11, however, every significant government in the world declared its support for the United States.

America has always viewed the entire world through one kind of eye-glasses--that of American interests.

America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America.

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

It's important that we have a global perspective and look abroad and learn from our neighbors.

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

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that's rather shocking for Americans to hear.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.

The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree.

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.

Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so.

In critical ways, Obama has reversed not just Bush policy but every president's approach to the world since the Second World War, save for that of his soulmate Jimmy Carter.

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

America has saved the world most of the time, but messed it up a couple of times.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

... assertive multilateralism.

Multilateralism is regarded as somehow un-American, a trick by which foreigners seek to sap the strength and authority of the United States.

The best American internationalists reject the idea that their nation holds a global copyright that gives it a mandate to churn out replicas dotting the world.

When did the American people decide that U. S. foreign policy should be conducted through the United Nations.

The United States does not feel any need to consult with anybody … except when it suits them.

Americans do not recognize the effect of American power in the world. … People all over the world ask, “Why can’t Americans see how American power affects us?”