World Politics Quotes

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

There are no friends at cards or world politics.

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.

I think that running empires as a way of ordering the world is a flawed model.

Obama really does recognize the threats that are out there; I think he understands the world. He understands the role of America in that troubled world.

Since we are not in the League of Nations in any case, we do not devote our attention to reflecting on its internal reforms.

Vajpayeeji's time was a time of mutual respect and understanding, irrespective of how small or big a party you are. In fact, Vajpayeeji's handling of a coalition is something of a benchmark in world politics.

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.

World politics is not a kindergarten.

Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before.

[Fidel] Castro was gifted leader who engineered social improvements that benefitted most Cubans, a statesman who placed Cuba at the center of world politics, and a masterful tactician who outlasted ten hostile U. S. Presidents…

Three-quarters of the flags, borders and anthems sitting at the U.N. today were not there 60 some-odd years ago.

It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.

Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.

Now we can see a new world coming into view, a world where there is a very real prospect of a New World Order.

Imagine if we didn't have a President traveling the world bad mouthing America....that's the UN's job.

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

And so class will some day supplant race in world affairs. Race war will then be merely a side-show to the gigantic class war which will be waged in the big tent we call the world.

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.

The United Nations is in need of reform. The Security Council reflects the world exactly as it was 60 years ago—not today.

The Russians were doing a lot of rotten things, you can point to them. But the idea that if you consider what Hans Morgenthau called "I called abuse of reality," the picture of the world was almost the opposite of what they presented. But somehow this sells and is continually repeated, at least in this kind of situation.

If you're going to make comments on economy, study economy. If you're gonna make comments on world history, make sure you learn world history. If you're gonna save lives and be a doctor, you need to study medicine. Then, you will be able to make comments on economy, on medicine, and on world history.

This is a very different world. Much of it is new. What has happened is that information technology has politicized the world…It’s a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries.

Representatives of Congress come to Washington representing their districts, but they don’t necessarily understand the complexities of the world.