Barack Obama Quotes

From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.

There is one government with which we keep diplomatic relations, the government of Mexico, with which we have good relations. Our systems are different. We respect their system.

It is 60 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations, but relations between Japan and Russia have much deeper roots. In all, our diplomatic ties date back 150 years, more than 150 years now.

Still, in international matters, the treaty changes nothing. That is, it doesn't prevent us from being friends with other countries, which indeed we are.

Now some people might call President Xi of China the king of China. But he's called president. But we have a very good relationship and that's a positive thing. And it would be good to have that relationship with Russia and other countries, too.

Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully.

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

At this time there was but one among the great nations of the world which adhered to an active and avowed friendship for us. "We desire above all things the maintenance of the American Union as one indivisible nation," was the kindly and always to be remembered greeting that came to us from the Emperor of Russia.

Nothing guides Russian policy so much as a desire for friendship with the United States.

Will the United States pull the rug on New Zealand? The answer is no. They might polish the lino a bit harder and hope that I execute a rather unseemly glide across it.

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

I was working with a number of African heads of state. And after their initial surprise, I think many of them just treated me as they would anybody else. They had to deal with me as a representative of the United States of America, and the United States of America was too important to be dismissed or ignored on any grounds.

It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development.

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

As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness.

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties.

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