Stephen Kinzer Quotes

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

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

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

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

That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.

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

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

Clearly, for France in her present position, intelligent activity consists of practicing a policy of entente with Germany in order to survive

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

If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased.

In the '80s, we at least had the idea of diplomacy.

It's better to get along with Russia than not.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy.

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

This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part.

United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

The United States now has as its goal much more than simply containing Soviet expansionism. We seek the integration of the Soviet Union into the communlty of nations.... Ultimately, our objective is to welcome the Soviet Union back into the world order.

We had to avoid wounding Austria too severely; we had to avoid leaving behind in her any unnecessary bitterness of feeling or desire for revenge; we ought rather to reserve the possibility of becoming friends again with our adversary of the moment, and in any case to regard the Austrian state as a piece on the European chessboard and the renewal of friendly relations as a move open to us. If Austria were severely injured, she would become the ally of France and of every other opponent of ours; she would even sacrifice her anti-Russian interests for the sake of revenge on Prussia.

The United States is too big and too important a country to have permanent enemies.

Germany has an interest in détente—for general European and national reasons. Here we are in accord not only with our allies … but with almost everyone. Here we join with the nations and governments of the uncommitted world. Here interests we have in common with the Communist-governed states also come to light in spite of some polemics.

For foreign policy it is necessary to have men who inspire confidence.