Sebastian Gorka Quotes

Foreign policy works best when force and diplomacy are used together.

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

Very near the heart of all foreign affairs is the relationship between policy and military power.

Foreign policy is painstakingly difficult, and if there is to be anything gained from the experience in Libya, it is how not to conduct world affairs.

Not every threat to America's national interests can be addressed with military power.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

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.

We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the true threats that we face.

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future.

President Obama's consistent agenda has been to weaken the United States and our allies in pursuit of a more 'balanced' global power structure.

United States foreign policy, which includes national security, is literally disintegrating before our eyes.

Great powers engage.

Multilateralism may be little more than a polite way of camouflaging what is in practice unilateralism with allies.

You always have more than one goal in foreign policy.

Foreign policy should be strategic, not tactical.

There's no sense in using surrogates to pursue United States national interests.

So much of our foreign policy is based on other people’s weakness.

President Trump is trying to avoid war through economic pressure. Our so-called allies are undermining that pressure and in the process making war more likely.

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

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile.

I met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, visited our allies in the Arab Gulf, traveled to Tunisia and Iraq, met with President Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine, and visited our allies in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.