Global Stability Quotes

Economics, not force of arms will decide; not battles, but famine.

The American preoccupation with promoting democracy abroad fits into a larger liberal view about the sources of a stable, legitimate, secure, and prosperous international order.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that's rather shocking for Americans to hear.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.

Are there topics of sufficient import to the nation's well-being to replace the Soviets as the focus of U.S. intelligence?

We especially ought to pray that the powers of Europe be so poised and counterpoised among themselves that their own security may require the presence of all their forces at home leaving the other parts of the world in undisturbed tranquility.

On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.

The richest countries in the world are democracies. The most stable countries in the world are democracies. There are no tensions between the two.

The worst problems of the 20th Century occurred when the United States looked inward.

A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.

In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.

The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

When the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thrust him suddenly into the Presidency in April of 1945 at one of the most critical moments of our history, he met that moment with courage and vision. His farsighted leadership in the postwar era has helped ever since to preserve peace and freedom in the world.

No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

At least from a national security standpoint, none of the problems the U.S. and U.K. face will become easier to solve if the U.K. is out of the E.U.; on the contrary, I fear that a 'Brexit' would only make our world even more dangerous and difficult to manage.

Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.

Democratic societies with established institutions must help those societies that do not yet have established institutions.

Trade accords had been a staple of the post-World War II world, providing a mechanism for economic growth, development, and association with friends and allies, and a means of reining in would-be adversaries who otherwise would have little incentive to act with restraint.

If a situation were to be forced upon us in which peace could only be preserved by the surrender of the great and beneficent position Britain has won by centuries of heroism and achievement, by allowing Britain to be treated where her interests were vitally affected as if she were of no account in the Cabinet of nations, then I say emphatically that peace at that price would be a humiliation intolerable for a great country like ours to endure. National honor is no party question. The security of our great international trade is no party question; the peace of the world is much more likely to be secured if all nations realize fairly what the conditions of peace must be

For a long time, perhaps too long, we believed that the world around us would become more and more peaceful, and the order more stable.

I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror - and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure.

We Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.