Morgan Ortagus Quotes

Japan is opposed to any actions that escalate tensions in the South China Sea.

Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place.

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.

My basic advice to the Chinese with respect to the South China Sea is, 'Hey, guys, cool it.'

The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new.

It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me.

A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or an individual, it is always supposed to be ready and willing to repair it.

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.

The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.

If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.

The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space for China and the United States. We welcome a constructive role by the United States in promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region. We also hope that the United States will fully respect and accommodate the major interests and legitimate concerns of Asia-Pacific countries.

The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.

Nobody will be allowed to use Pakistan soil for any form of aggression toward any friend or foe.

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.

Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though it's not legal.

Poor Wilson did not understand that a frontier which is not defended with bayonets, force and honor cannot be secured by any other principle.

Every government is in some respects a problem for every other government.

The U.S and England are not worthy of security council membership. Those who want good relations with the Iranian people should bow and surrender to its right and might.

No country can be expected to make peace with a nation that denies its right to exist.

Governments interfere in the affairs of each other, when they conceive their own peace is endangered.

All foreign policy is the intervention of one nation's domestic politics into another nation's domestic politics.

I don’t know anything about the law of nations and I thought it was all right.

No state, without the Consent of the United States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state;