Nikki Haley Quotes

It is an ambitious agenda, but the approach to Russia should be, 'Confront where we must, but cooperate where we can.'

We won’t be very successful with the Chinese leadership [on human rights issues] if we’re in their face all the time.

I like Mr. Gorbachev; we can do business together.

The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

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

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.

We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.

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

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

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

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

A policy that can be accurately, though perhaps not prudently, defined as one of “peaceful co-existence.”

If any agreement between two nations is to last, it must serve the best interests of both nations.

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

If Russia and the United States approach each other in starkly adversarial terms, the conflict will badly warp the foreign policy of both countries ...

The two sides should … stop blaming the other side and instead step back and consider what in their own behavior has contributed the derailment..

Our Russian policy must not be dictated by people who have already made up their minds there is no possibility of working with the Russians and that our interests are bound to conflict and ultimately lead to war. From my point of view, this is an untenable position and can but lead to disaster.

We are going to extend our frank hand to seek a relation of friendship - I repeat - of cooperation with the United States.

China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it's not an 'us versus them,' it's an 'us and them' type scenario.

The mission is to demonstrate that Russia is not Putin, that we're ready for cooperation, and that there are a lot of people in Russia who want the U.S.-Russia relations to be improved and that we don't view the United States as our enemy.

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