Taslima Nasrin Quotes

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.

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

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.

The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.

The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

The president's dream of a worldwide liberal utopia is going to undermine the security of the United States.

I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.

The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.

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.

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.

Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the major international question was the relation between Islam and democracy.

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

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

Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.

Neoconservatism is a blend of realism and idealism. We have the idealism of the liberals but we look at the reality of the world.

Isolationism has been a calamity.

The World Doesn’t Want to Be American

What happens in the Philippines, Japan, and Korea has a greater impact on us than most events in Massachusetts.