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Citizens victimized by genocide or abandoned by the international community do not make good neighbors, as their thirst for vengeance, their irredentism and their acceptance of violence as a means of generating change can turn them into future threats. — Samantha Power

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. — George W. Bush

So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible. — Hassan Nasrallah

And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future. — Aleksander Kwasniewski

The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values. — Douglas Alexander

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes. — Pat Buchanan

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy. — Ahmed Zewail

We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes. — Jack Ma

The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony. — Henry Kissinger

Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you. — Hugh Jackman

An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning the delegates unable to talk to each other in their native languages. The French head of the committee, who had insisted on speaking only in French throughout the week suddenly demonstrated the ability to speak excellent English with English - speaking delegates. — Daniel Yergin The Quest:...

No sight better expresses the politics of aid, the dynamics of the West and the developing countries, than the image of children, happy or in need. — Zia Haider Rahman

Our attitude to these criticisms must be determined by our whole moral and emotional reaction to the future of international relations and the Peace of the World. — John Maynard Keynes

In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that however ungainly, however inefficient, however elliptical ASEAN's ways are, it's still better than not having an ASEAN. That is the genius of ASEAN foreign policy. — George Yeo

A {national} flag has no real significance for peaceful uses. — H. G. Wells The World Of...

A country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies. — Steven Magee

I respect those who say that the United States should simply withdraw from the Middle East, but I don't respect them for anything but their honesty. — Christopher Hitchens The Quotable...

Yes, I am aware of the enticements required to obtain them. I believe the Russians could teach the West a thing or two about capitalistic extortion. — Clive Cussler Black Wind

However, Roméo Dallaire, the Canadian general in charge of the UN peacekeepers, refused to obey his orders to leave and remained with a couple hundred soldiers. He was a brave and moral man, but he was also alone in a sea of killers. We heard him often on the radio begging for someone, anyone, to send troops to Rwanda to stop the slaughter, but no one listened to him. Belgium, our country's former colonial ruler, had been the first to pull its soldiers out of the country; meanwhile, the United States wouldn't even acknowledge that the genocide was happening! — Immaculee Ilibagiza Left To Tell:...

Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess. — Victor Davis Hanson The Father of Us...

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