Noam Chomsky Quotes

In the wake of Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, where she was the architect of the Obama administration's foreign policy, we see entire portions of the world, particularly the wider Middle East, literally spinning out of control.

I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.

Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on foreign policy. Foreign policy presents us often with hard choices, not black or white choices.

I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the world. I have a lot of foreign policy experience. I understand bureaucracies. I understand technology, and I understand leadership.

America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in.

It's worth remembering George W. Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with Russia; those efforts ended in tears.

I think I'm getting very high marks on foreign policy. I noticed that over the last couple of days.

I think that Russia is very aware that they are on notice when it comes to certain issues. They are very aware that we do want to try and defeat ISIS together, if that's at all possible, along with our allies. But there's no love or anything going on with Russia right now. They get that we're getting our strength back, that we're getting our voice back, and that we're starting to lead again. And honestly, at the United Nations, that's the number one comment I get is they're just so happy to see the United States lead again.

The greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water. Everyone in this country will say, oh, that's so great. That's not great. That's not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia.

Foreign policy is about US national security, it is definitely not non-intervention. It is definitely not isolationist. That's where people want to hear what they want to hear and not listen to what Donald Trump says. It is about national security for the United States, and that's fine.

Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.

A number of foreign policy experts distanced themselves from Donald Trump, not Michael Flynn.

Foreign policy is a little bit like a guy who goes to Las Vegas. If you win too much, then you eventually bet the mortgage. You start to think you are infallible.

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.

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

For years now, long before I became House majority leader, I have been passionate about foreign affairs because I believe that anyone who leads in Washington must appreciate the significance of America's role in providing for global security and prosperity.

The President of the United States was untutored in foreign policy. He didn’t know Slovenia from Slovakia.

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

War is but an instrument of international policy.

All foreign policy is the intervention of one nation's domestic politics into another nation's domestic politics.

The United States may have to abandon its policy of avoiding entangling alliances.

People tend to leave foreign affairs to governments because they think the leaders of government have all the information and know better.

[Sanctions] make us feel like a player in foreign policy where our powers tend to be more limited …. We’re less patient with diplomacy.

The United States should serve as a weight, not the weight on the scale of foreign affairs.

It’s not in our interest to drive the Russians into a beleaguered attitude where they have to prove what they can do.