Douglas Alexander Quotes

I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

I'm resolved to be active on diplomacy as Japan further develops relationships based on trust and cooperation with countries including the U.S.

The European vision is the United Nations' vision.

We are ready and open to a dialogue with all sides, all parties and all countries that respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Belarus.

I have concluded that the U.N. can do a few things well.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

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

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.

If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

I very much hope that the United States will finally... realise that they can no longer act as the prosecutor, the judge, and the executioner in every part of the world and that they need to cooperate to resolve issues.

It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations.

And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies - we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

Internationalism protects the sovereignty of my country

To the creators of the League of Nations who originated the first serious efforts to a better understanding between nations

You don’t do foreign policy unilaterally. Foreign policy is a team sport.

Respecting the United Nations as the living sign of all people's hope for peace, we shall strive to make it not merely an eloquent symbol but an effective force

When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.

I am glad that Zimbabwe and China speak the same language on many issues. We share the same conviction that only a fair, just, and non-prescriptive world order, based on the principles of the charter of the United Nations, can deliver the development we all need.

I am totally committed to the cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations.

China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it's not an 'us versus them,' it's an 'us and them' type scenario.

The U.N. was created for people.

When Barack Obama was running for president, he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Obama believed that he could speak to allies and dictators directly and charm them into seeing the error of their ways.

The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world.