Howard Dean Quotes

If Russia and the United States approach each other in starkly adversarial terms, the conflict will badly warp the foreign policy of both countries ...

The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.

The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil.

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.

We all read news stories about the difficulties and tensions that the United States has with our allies and even with coalition partners in Iraq, but we rarely read about the good news.

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a time for me to use all the restraint I can on these other people who have been apparently getting a little more irritated.

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States.

I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.

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

Pakistan is an old ally of the United States.

I don’t talk to countries that exhibit bad behavior.

There is one condition for us to have healthy relations with the United States. It's called respect.

We won’t be very successful with the Chinese leadership [on human rights issues] if we’re in their face all the time.

Governments can expect to act multilaterally or unilaterally—but not have it both ways at the same time.

The United States may have to abandon its policy of avoiding entangling alliances.

I should drag in the United States.

The United States has better relations with the countries of Asia than any of them have with each other.

The United States will never take part in an aggressive war.

There's certain things that we do work with Russia on, and then there's certain things when they do something wrong, I have no problem calling them out on it.

We are going to extend our frank hand to seek a relation of friendship - I repeat - of cooperation with the United States.

As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge.

We should have a good working friendship with the United States.

I will not be drawn to building relations with the Syrian regime, which does not want me.

While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of its policy - in face of the determination of the opposing state to pursue a contrary policy. In the human will lies the source and mainspring of conflict.