Quotes about Foreign policy

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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which — John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy
Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
I am not one of those who believes—as Obama is said to believe—that a solution to the Palestinian statehood question wou — Christopher Hitchens
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none — Thomas Jefferson
Arabs and other Muslims generally agreed that Saddam Hussein might be a bloody tyrant, but, paralleling FDR's thinking, — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal intervent — Daniel Kofman, A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
1. Bangladesh.... In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civ — Christopher Hitchens
During an hour-long conversation mid-flight, he laid out his theory of the war. First, Jones said, the United States cou — Bob Woodward, Obama's Wars
Almost everything about Afghanistan was troubling Mullen. As Obama was giving intense focus on the war, Mullen was feeli — Bob Woodward, Obama's Wars
McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not transl — Bob Woodward, Obama's Wars
...And unpredictability can spread: one powerful outlier can pave the way for others, and as more states joint the outli — Rosa Brooks, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
Most of the oppression of Muslims in the world right now is carried out by other Muslims. — Salman Rushdie
Als it is hard for America to fight wars in the name of freedom, if those people themselves choose for nonfreedom. Can A — Oswald Mosley, Ich glaube an Europa: Ein Weg aus der Krise, eine Einführung in das europäische Denken
[Bill] Clinton was a pretty good president for a Republican. — Michael Moore
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. — Al Franken
This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in the not-too-rem — Christopher Hitchens
Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to — Noam Chomsky
The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. — Phil Ochs
Too often in the post-9/11 world, when the time has come to translate the moral, and essentially progressive, roots of f — Richard Just, A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
If we are not applying the lessons to be gained from yesterday's history to address the problems of today - then why doe — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem