Ai Weiwei Quotes

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

You cannot have individual foreign policy. You cannot have celebrity foreign policy.

I'm not a fan in a rock concert, you see. I am a political leader in a great nation of the world. What interests me are France's interests.

Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

The U. S. is not the Boss, not the Boss any longer.

Both Russia and the United States are struggling to define their proper roles in the world.

As a country that does not belong to any power bloc, India cannot afford to put itself in the position of needing multilateral support - a trap into which even developed countries, like Portugal and Spain, have fallen.

Foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites.

In a climate where much of foreign policy is a direct function of domestic politics, focusing on what one doesn't want is an easy way out of difficult conundrums for many world leaders. Expressing what one does want requires more courage.

There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism.

People don't question American power. What people need to be convinced of is American will.

I'm in favour of a multi-polar world. I believe that every country has the right to defend its own interests.

By heralding President Xi Jinping's accession to permanent leadership, soliciting Vladimir Putin's reentry into the Group of Seven, and declaring that Kim Jong Un is 'beloved by his people,' Trump legitimizes the very behavior that U.S. presidents opposed for decades.

America needs to step up and lead for once.

If political leaders want respect, they will begin by enforcing the global rule of law.

Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other's national interests and to work together for common benefit. No politician in the West speaks in this way.

I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any state intervention in a sovereign nation's affairs.

Ultimately, when you have to deal with a whole country, priorities change.

We cannot afford to have a president who thinks he's some sort of global community organizer standing over America on one side and our adversaries on the other. America must have a Commander in Chief. Not a global community organizer.

Shouldn't India, too, like other countries, protect its national interests?

The world order and American actions in the world have deep wiring.

Britain's place in the world is one uniquely suited to thriving in the complex new reality of global politics. We are a key anchor of a rules-based system in international affairs that many across the globe look to for stable and effective governance and leadership. We are a beacon that shines brightly the light of freedom and democracy.

The world is now unipolar and contains o­nly o­ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. In this context, given our common values and the political, economic and security interests that we share with the United States, there is now no more important foreign policy interest for Canada than maintaining the ability to exercise effective influence in Washington so as to advance unique Canadian policy objectives.

A world state which which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist. The political world is a pluriverse, not a universe.

I know how to move between political camps. When everyone in the world hated (Libyan leader Moammar) Gadhafi, I paid him an official visit. It caused an uproar - Lula's visiting the devil!