Bernhard von Bulow Quotes

Nothing guides Russian policy so much as a desire for friendship with the United States.

We would like to have friendly regimes with enough broad participation of their populations to maintain long-term stability, so that we would have not only access to the region's wealth, but we would be able to ensure the security of our good friend Israel.

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.

Clearly, for France in her present position, intelligent activity consists of practicing a policy of entente with Germany in order to survive

America is not really a strong enough state for us to regard it as an enemy of Russia.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

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.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate.

So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

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

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

Normalization of relations with the United States should not be a reward for good behavior .... It should depend on America's interests.

If the condition of our relations with other nations is less gratifying than it has usually been at former periods, it is certainly more satisfactory than a nation so unhappily distracted as we are might reasonably apprehended.

The United States is too big and too important a country to have permanent enemies.

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

I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

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.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.