Internal Affairs Quotes

Both Albania and China hold that the relations between socialist countries are international relations of a new type. Relations between socialist countries, big or small, economically more developed or less developed, must be based on the principles of complete equality, respect for territorial sovereignty and independence, and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, and must also be based on the principles of mutual assistance in accordance with proletarian internationalism. It is necessary to oppose great-nation chauvinism and national egoism in relations between socialist countries. It is absolutely impermissible to impose the will of one country upon another, or to impair the independence, sovereignty and interests of the people, of a fraternal country on the pretext of 'aid' or 'international division of labor.'

You can't give Russia the right to interfere with the internal affairs of counties in its area.... You have to drive up the cost to Russia for aggression.

We are pursuing what I trust is a correct course from the point of international law, and we are not intervening in the internal affairs of this country …

I'd advise my American friends not to meddle in the internal affairs of China.

The sovereignty of states is a fairly archaic notion. If the rulers abuse their power and the people, what do you do then. The must be an international duty to protect.

Foreign policy begins with domestic policy.

No nation is so lost to pride as to submit the conduct of its internal affairs to the arbitrament of foreign powers.

The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.

This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.

Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal affairs.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

Britain has national honor. It would not have allowed Israel to meddle in its internal affairs.

My own view would be to let Saddam bluster, let him rant and rave all he wants. As long as he behaves himself within his own borders, we should not be addressing any attack or resources against him.

We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay.

A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

The defense…that the United Nations could not interfere with any member’s domestic concerns was a sentiment with which all UN members concurred, all having something to hide.

We should never say that we recognize the right of these mullahs to oppress their own people.

'Line of Duty' had originally been conceived as a returnable drama, with the premise being that the fictional anticorruption unit AC-12 would move on to a new case in each series, centred on a high-profile antagonist accused of corruption.

I have no wish to interfere in the internal affairs of Holland …. If you cooperate, before a year is out we will take a stunning revenge on England …. Only by an invasion can we succeed in this …. I have no desire to burden Holland but I need her ports. It is therefore necessary that you cooperate loyally. Otherwise I will be forced to turn you into a French Department (annex Holland).

Americans shouldn't start a military attack, and they shouldn't bombard Iran, and they shouldn't interfere with the internal affairs of the country. And the Americans should pay more attention to the human right issues in Iran.

I now understand that foreigners who interfere in our internal affairs will bring us nothing but harm

You know, I have to admit that this political crisis that takes place in our country is absolutely an internal affair. And we have - the Belarusian people - have a responsibility for what's going on.

I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.