George W. Bush Quotes

I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.

It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs.

I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have been sorely tempted to launch a military attack on foreigners, and have felt the frustration of having to negotiate with allies or even former enemies to reach a consensus instead of taking more decisive unilateral action.

War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an admixture of other means.

This is the problem with foreign policy - talking about foreign policy in a political context. Politics is binary. People win and lose elections. Legislation passes or doesn't pass. And in foreign policy often what you're doing is nuance and you're trying to prevent something worse from happening. It doesn't translate well into a political environment.

All governments require enemy governments.

The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.

I don't believe in ideology in international relations.

Foreign policy is consumed with momentary crises —– often created by failing states and violent groups. But in the long run, he future is shaped by winners, not noisy losers.

Americans tend to go for it all. In international politics you can’t have it all. You have to compromise.

The President of the United States was untutored in foreign policy. He didn’t know Slovenia from Slovakia.

To Perpetual Peace

Congress cannot—nor should it—run foreign policy on a day-to-day basis. That is a truism.

World politics is not a kindergarten.

This Middle East thing is maddening.

War is but an instrument of international policy.

Russia doesn’t like it when it is humiliated, when it is pressured.

The Republicans would like to be the co-pilots in the foreign policy take-offs as well as in the crash landings.

We have a new President who knows nothing about foreign affairs and a Vice President who thinks he knows everything about foreign affairs.

When foreign affairs were ruled by autocracies or oligarchies the danger of war was in sinister purpose. When foreign affairs are ruled by democracies the danger of war will be in mistaken beliefs.

People think that it only takes an American decision to solve this or that problem [in foreign affairs].

I'm against lifting any sanctions on the Russians.

Foreign policy is important.