Obama's most radical goal has not been the transformation of our economy, our foreign policy, or our place in the world. Obama aims to transform what it means to be an American.
There is a responsibility as president to choose your words carefully, especially on foreign policy, and to speak as clearly as possible.
American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.
Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best tradition and example of land conservation in the world. It goes back a long way.
The Senate are a branch of the treaty-making power, and by consulting them in advance of his own action upon important measures of foreign policy which may ultimately come before them for their consideration, the President secures harmony of action between that body and himself.
I consider myself to be as informed on American foreign policy as anyone in America.
Barack Obama inherited a bankrupt economy, a bankrupt government, and a bankrupt foreign policy.
President George H. W. Bush soon launched Operation Desert Shield, sending an enormous contingent of troops to Saudi Arabia. But once there, what exactly were they to do? Contain Iraq? Attack and liberate Kuwait? Drive on to Baghdad and depose Saddam? There was no clear consensus among foreign policy advisers or analysts.
One of the principles of the Trump administration is that we will never sacrifice our economy on the altar of foreign policy.
I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.
I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.
You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If you don't make good on the threats, you're asking for worse behavior next time.
U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
I don't have a real attraction or interest to national politics, so I want to see Republicans win across the board in the state of Arizona, because those policies of lower taxes and lighter regulation and strong foreign policy are important to me.
I think there is a failure in foreign policy. And you have to acknowledge that under Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was the architect of that foreign policy. Whether it was malevolent or not, I don't know.
There is obviously a gap between the public's perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite's perception.
Historians evaluating George W. Bush's first term will focus on foreign policy and, most of all, 9/11. I think they will criticize him for his early reaction, for not returning at once to Washington, D.C.
I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
Obama's foreign policy has three parts: Abandon our allies, appease our enemies, and apologize for America.
An increasingly multipolar world requires an entirely different kind of U.S. foreign policy: far from being unilateralist, it necessitates a complex form of power-sharing on both a global and regional basis.
Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man who defied his party on tax increases while imposing budget restrictions on the Democrats.
To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.
Argentina needs to have a different foreign policy. Because of a lack of foreign policy, investments haven't been what they should be.
It is not enough for us to merely continue to talk about and contribute to the echo chamber of white noise of what's wrong with America or for candidates to spout off silly poll-tested talking points about national security or foreign policy.
We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development.
Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy.
During the campaign, Trump in many ways repudiated President Obama's national security and foreign policy approach on issues like the Iran nuclear deal and immigration. So there's a real question of continuity or disruption with Trump, which wouldn't have existed if Clinton was president-elect.
Foreign policy is about the execution of ideas as much as their formulation.
In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.
The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.
I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
Trump has the opportunity to be the president who, like Harry Truman, redirected U.S. foreign policy for a generation.
The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.
The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space.
As a senator, I play an important role in crafting foreign policy.
