Michael Hayden Quotes

The goal of Australian foreign policy should be to promote the maximum harmony between the U.S. and China.

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

I think the Sino-American relationship is the most important geo-strategic question facing us.

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

I believe some of the tensions the U.S. has had with Russia and that the Europeans have had with Russia... China is taking advantage of some of those dealings.

If the United States and China can accommodate each other on a broad range of issues, the prospects for stability in Asia will be greatly increased.

I do not see it as desirable for South Korea to take the back seat and watch discussions between the U.S. and China.

President Nixon was a pragmatic strategist. He would engage, not contain, China, but he would also quietly set pieces into place for a fallback position should China not play according to the rules as a good global citizen.

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.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and China are more likely to view each other as competitors if not adversaries. But the die has not been cast. The best possible outcome is a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive.

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

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.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations.

Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.

You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.

The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War.

Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

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

One of the issues that I've raised on the Foreign Relations Committee, and I raised it when Secretary Locke came for his confirmation hearing, is, you know, it is in our benefit to develop a workable, positive formula with China.

A more consistent and sustainable relationship with China will be a core goal of my administration. That requires open channels of communication, both with China's leadership and the Taiwanese people.

Many in China find it perplexing that the U.S. and Russian perceptions are still so heavily influenced by the Cold War.