Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

Her coming here has meant more than anything else President Nixon could have done.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

The symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile.

I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.

The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.

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

The best thing I know between France and England is- the sea.

Princes need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say.

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

When you have an American Presidential election, everyone [in NATO] "goes to tea" for a while.

Politics are almost as exciting as war.

The art of diplomacy is to take your humiliations in private.

... knew more about world politics than all the cabinet ministers in office.

Diplomacy, is persuasion in the shadow of power.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain has nothing to hide from the President of the United States.

Politics is the food of sense exposed to the hunger of folly.

Good or bad, political choices have an impact on the way country’s behave.

As members of Congress, we may disagree with the administration's position on foreign policy matters, but the fact remains: the Executive Branch is tasked with handling diplomatic matters.

When PM goes for a foreign visit, he represents a country and not the party.

If Trump becomes president, he wouldn't be afraid to step on toes. And he'll be feared by the world.

I grew up outside of Washington D.C., a town in which the largest industry is government and in which almost everyone I knew was involved in creating policies which impact people across our country and around the globe.