Herbert Hoover Quotes

The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

I’m new and have 110 countries to deal with and all I’ve got to deal with is a little bit of foreign aid.

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

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.

The American people deserve an honest assessment of the state of our foreign affairs.

When Hillary served as Secretary of State, I watched her partner with President Obama to restore our country's reputation around the world.

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.

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

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia.

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.

From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

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 real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.

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

I do want to try to put things in perspective today relative to the U.S.-Canada relationship. I would like to start by talking about how important this relationship is to the people of the United States.

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

In a sensitive matter, where its own ignorance could scarcely have been greater, Congress would have been better advised to leave the conduct of foreign policy in the hands of those who have been constitutionally charged with it.

The way you change foreign policy is by raising the domestic political cost of the policy.

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

Foreign Policy has to be less foreign.

The President has rarely leisure to give close or continuous attention to foreign policy.