Michelle Dunn Quotes

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

Americans must step back and realize that an effective foreign policy is very difficult to devise, and we must present a united front to make it work.

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

Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors.

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

Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks.

Foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers.

You cannot have individual foreign policy. You cannot have celebrity foreign policy.

Foreign policy should be strategic, not tactical.

There's no sense in using surrogates to pursue United States national interests.

Just because you change administrations doesn't mean you have to change [foreign] policy.

Never for a moment, have the responsible and instructed statesmen in charge of the foreign affairs of the United States failed to consider themselves bound to insist upon this policy .... Almost every President and Secretary of State has re-stated the doctrine with vigor and emphasis in the discussion of the diplomatic affairs of his day.

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.

When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.

Be more conscious about what you say about foreign policy issues, because they are complicated.

As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy.

Foreign policy must be about priorities. The United States cannot do everything everywhere.

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

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 remain committed to a balanced policy, which will protect our national interests both on our eastern border - I mean with Russia - and of course with the European Union.

Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world.

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.