Anatole France Quotes

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 the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to pursue.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.

Only a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest possible degree of efficiency.

In a shrinking world, the absence of order among nations is becoming less and less tolerable.

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

You can’t go it alone even if you are the world’s only superpower.

International policy does not aim at exploiting local, specific conditions to widen zones of influence and create difficulties for another country. The goal of international policy is to insure universal fulfillment of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" and to prevent a sharpening of international tensions and a strengthening of militarist and nationalist tendencies.

The day is coming when no single nation, however powerful, can undertake by itself to keep the peace outside its borders.

There is a direct connection that cannot be severed between the diplomatic process and growth and prosperity.

Keep America strong. Strong in our values, strong in our economy, and strong in our military might. We hope to never have to use our military strength, but the world counts on a strong America to keep the worst actors from doing the worst things.

When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.

Our bridge to the future must include bridges to other nations, because we remain the world's indispensable nation to advance prosperity, peace and freedom and to keep our own children safe from the dangers of terror and weapons of mass destruction.

If America could get along with Russia - and by the way, China and Japan and everyone. If we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

America's families will be safer in a world where we're strong, where we're engaged, but where we're respected.

International politics is no longer a zero-sum game but a multi-dimensional arena where cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of blood feuds. World leaders are expected to lead in turning threats into opportunities.

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World.

There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers.

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.

To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.

We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth.

For years now, long before I became House majority leader, I have been passionate about foreign affairs because I believe that anyone who leads in Washington must appreciate the significance of America's role in providing for global security and prosperity.

Only a strong America can guarantee a peaceful world.

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