Nelson Rockefeller Quotes

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

Let them [France and Germany] especially put their demands in such a way that Great Britain could say that she supported both sides.

As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

Public diplomacy, practiced in harmony with traditional diplomacy, will enable us to advance our interest, to protect our security, and to continue to provide the moral basis for our leadership in the world.

We had to avoid wounding Austria too severely; we had to avoid leaving behind in her any unnecessary bitterness of feeling or desire for revenge; we ought rather to reserve the possibility of becoming friends again with our adversary of the moment, and in any case to regard the Austrian state as a piece on the European chessboard and the renewal of friendly relations as a move open to us. If Austria were severely injured, she would become the ally of France and of every other opponent of ours; she would even sacrifice her anti-Russian interests for the sake of revenge on Prussia.

In relations with other nations, there is neither right nor wrong; there is only strength and weakness.

The United States has better relations with the countries of Asia than any of them have with each other.

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience.

Even allies don’t share every single interest that you have. That’s a law of nature in the international system. They will tell you most of what you need to know but there may be some things that they don’t tell you that you need to know in order to formulate your policy as wisely as you can.

At times we will have mutual interests with Mexico, but at times we will not.

I'm resolved to be active on diplomacy as Japan further develops relationships based on trust and cooperation with countries including the U.S.

In the '80s, we at least had the idea of diplomacy.

I have always done my bit to improve Indo-Pak ties, but sometimes you say something, and it is interpreted the other way.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia.

Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously.

Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform.