Walter Lippmann Quotes

Foreign policy involves a good deal of domestic policy.

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

Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

This is not going to be decided by public opinion polls. It is a national security issue.

Congress cannot—nor should it—run foreign policy on a day-to-day basis. That is a truism.

Politics is the science of the vital interests of States in the highest sphere.

We are the only country that can provide world leadership, but we have to have the support of the American people to do it.

In politics, reality is that which is unseen. Politics is the art of combining a nation’s diverse or opposing factors to the benefit of its domestic well-being, and of saving the country from the open enmity or covetous friendship of other nations.

Foreign policy mandarins often wish the public would leave them alone so that they can get on with the serious business of statecraft.

Internal [domestic] changes always precede the change in the foreign policy of a nation.

Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

India has never played politics with national security.

Trump promised an 'America First' foreign policy rooted in the national interest, not in nostalgia.

It is reckless for a presidential candidate to publicly raise doubts about honoring treaty commitments with our allies.

Our national security is not a partisan issue.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

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.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.