International Standing Quotes

Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead - they call us.

Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.

Britain's political voice depends on our role as a leading and influential member of the E.U. If we leave, we are of less value to our allies and of less concern to our enemies. We need the strongest voice we can get in the dangerous modern world.

To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power..

I think it would be a threat [Donald's Trump presidency] to the conduct of our foreign policy and our position in the world at large.

America has at one bound become a world power in a sense she never was before.

I know my people. They like grandeur. They want us to have respect abroad in the eyes of other countries.

Germany must either be a world power or there will be no Germany

We are in really bad shape as a country. We are not respected around the world. We are not respected in our own country.

The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership.

America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.

At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and that can stand up for itself.

The American greatness in the world should not be perceived as a race where there is one winner and all contestants fall into rank below. America’s place in the world should be viewed as the Decathlon. The winner is rarely the winner in each and every different event. However, when all are put together there is one overall winner who has the highest average performance in all the things that matter. In that sense, the United States is far ahead of all, even though it is not number 1 at everything.

Fundamentally, I believe that the U.S. can improve its international standing and its national security by expanding trade and strengthening its relationships with moderate Muslim countries.

The scary thing is a dramatic erosion of American position in the world - its economic, military position, as well as America's influence. Obama is not the man at the wheel desperately trying to conserve American power, influence and wealth. For ideological reasons, he wants the slipping to continue. He's actually the architect of it.

There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great responsibilities, whether it will or no. We have now reached that time. We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupy a new place among the people of the world.

The prestige of a nation is its reputation for power.

The rest of the world sees America as weak.

We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the [economic superpower] and [military superpower] of the planet. That's just not going to happen. We're in a position where unless we take action, we'll end up being the [France] of the 21st century: a lot of talk, but not a lot of strength behind it in terms of economic capability.

Our country needs people who are maybe a little less focused on themselves and on the flash and a little more focused on how do we actually create a better environment for success for our young people, how do we get people back to work, how do we regain our standing internationally.

I think the United States is way behind the times.

I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.

The Government should take a firm, bold line. This delay - this uncertainty, by which, abroad, we are losing our prestige and our position, while Russia is advancing and will be before Constantinople in no time! Then the Government will be fearfully blamed and the Queen so humiliated that she thinks she would abdicate at once.

I believe in my heart that I am ready to work to restore America to its rightful place in the world.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.