Jair Bolsonaro Quotes

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

I think it's necessary to develop policies and protect national interests based on Japan-U.S. relations.

The United States being in Asia is unambiguously a good thing for the region.

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests.

France does not pretend to base her interests on disregard for the interests of others. France possesses a special standing in Morocco.

I don't believe foreign policy is about altruism.

Foreign policy involves a good deal of domestic policy.

We [Iran and the United States] have a common destiny in this region [The Middle East].

Frankly I'm a bit concerned when it comes to U.S.-China relations.

The Chinese go around with lollipops in their pockets. They have aid. They have friendship deals. They build you a Prime Minister's office or President's office or Parliament House or Foreign Ministry. For them, trade is an extension of their foreign policy.

We need to review treaties to make them reflect our national interest.

The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most.

I want a president who'll look out for American interests. Every treaty we sign has a provision that a president of the United States, if he or she concludes that it's no longer in the interest of the country should step back from it.

There is always an element of realpolitik that has to be present in the conduct of any nation's national security affairs. At the same time, we have to also have a balance between realpolitik and Wilsonian principles of freedom and democracy and human rights. And maintaining that balance is the greatest challenge that we in the West, including the Federal Republic of Germany, have to face because it's many times a very difficult decision-making process.

Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.

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

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

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.

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.