Stephen Harper Quotes

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

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

Under Obama, we have seen the U.S. military - the most exceptional force for peace in the world - degraded, downsized, decimated and demeaned, resulting in massive international instability and potential threats to our homeland.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.

But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy.

I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.

Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations.

I think the U.S. should assert its leadership in a more effective way.

There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in the end, not all that sensational.

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

Weak countries always exaggerate their power.

Resolved that there be held a conference of the white nations bordering upon the Pacific for unity of action against the aggression of Japan.

Shall we be defenseless America, a weak and harmless nation, or shall we be defensive America, the fear and dread of all nations?

There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure the peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.

The United States has become geopolitically hobbled seemingly interested in grand strategic initiatives or transformative diplomacy, as its attention constantly dances from one crisis to another.

Make China Strong. Make China String is the only way to ensure that foreign countries will not tart a conflict against us.

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

Whether you're dealing with your allies in Europe or you're dealing with a resurgent Russia, whether you're dealing with Iran or North Korea, you have to use the whole panoply of national tools of power to deal with the challenges the world faces.

I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

Keep America strong. Strong in our values, strong in our economy, and strong in our military might. We hope to never have to use our military strength, but the world counts on a strong America to keep the worst actors from doing the worst things.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.

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