Best International Relations Quotes

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

Do we maintain respect for the rule of law or do we return to the law of the jungle by surrendering to the whims of an outlaw bully?

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Leadership from the Oval Office – and sustained, effective use of the bully pulpit – is essential to getting the American people off their too-pampered butts and into meeting successfully the long-haul challenges of fixing major problems in the very fabric of our republic’s life, both domestically and in our international relations.

Every aspect of the world today – even politics and international relations – is affected by chemistry.

China always urges that no use or threat of sanctions should be allowed in international relations.

Things are different in the international relations between states. In this respect, I am neither a friend, nor bride or groom [of the West].

A great deal of world politics is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that has to be waged intelligently.

The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood.

The United Nations’ founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America’s consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.

Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.

The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.

When diplomacy ends, War begins.

Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.

International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal free market principles of economics, democratic principles of politics, and a peaceful international system over other visions that other nations and peoples may have. It will last only as long as those who favor it retain the capacity to defend it.

The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that law governs national order.

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

I encounter one example after another of how relative truth is.

It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.

In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.

[Recep Tayyip] Erdogan is an adherent of realpolitik. He knows that international relations are not built on the strength of unilateral demands, but on solutions that are in everybody’s best interest.

We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.

Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it’s in international relations or how to use technologies.

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence.

Mikhail Gorbachev’s historic leadership, which transformed Russia and international relations, cannot be fully understood without the diary-memoir of Anatoly Chernyaev, one of his most important advisers and closest confidants. Splendidly translated, edited, and introduced by Robert English and Elizabeth Tucker, his Six Years with Gorbachev is now available to everyone who wants to comprehend those final momentous events of the twentieth century.

For China to continue to enjoy economic prosperity, it needs to foster trusting international relationships, not tensions … and it is important for China to understand this.

I’ve led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother – which is a career – and international relations. I’m proud of my career, the first one, and I’m proud of the other two, too.

The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.

Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake, and participates, rather than going away and finding other methods of conducting international relations.

As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.