Enrique Pena Nieto Quotes

America’s fundamental aspiration is the preservation of peace…. This can only be done on the basis of comprehensive and appropriate information.

When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.

Only by decisions of national policy based upon accurate information can we have the chance that peace will endure.

For nearly 7 decades United States has been the anchor of global security. This is meant more than forging international agreements. It has meant enforcing them.

Internal unity means that external security issues can be dealt with.

Paradigm shifts, particularly in diplomacy and security issues, are, by definition, major undertakings.

In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the U.S. and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.

Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.

I think it's in the hands of each head of state: the future of peace in his own country.

In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.

Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help.

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq.