Quotes tagged ‘International Relations’

(9 total)

“I love Canada, but they’ve taken advantage of our Country for many years!”

“A prominent businessman who does a lot of business with the Soviet Union calls to keep me posted on a construction project I’m interested in undertaking in Moscow. The idea got off the ground after I sat next to the Soviet Ambassador, Yuri Dubinin, at a luncheon held by Leonard Lauder, a great busin…”

— Donald Trump, books.google.com

“Certainly, O America, you know that you have no savior. You have become prey for the soldiers of the Khilafah in every region of the earth. You have become bankrupt and the signs of your end are apparent and visible to the eyes. There is no better evidence of this than that an uncouth idiot has assu…”

— Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir, qb5cc3pam3y2ad0tm1zxuhho-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com

“I think the reality is you can see that countries in the world that isolate themselves, it’s not good for their people.”

— Tim Cook, wsj.com

“Never, ever underestimate a people's pride, no matter how broken theymight be. It is very easy for Iraqis to hate Saddam and resent America for overstaying. Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. Which is why a Pakistani friend tells me…”

— Thomas Friedman, nytimes.com

“As President of the United States, I’ve called on our Congress to lift the embargo. (Applause.) It is an outdated burden on the Cuban people. It's a burden on the Americans who want to work and do business or invest here in Cuba. It's time to lift the embargo.”

— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov

“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas. I have come here to extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people.”

— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov

“Havana is only 90 miles from Florida, but to get here we had to travel a great distance -- over barriers of history and ideology; barriers of pain and separation. The blue waters beneath Air Force One once carried American battleships to this island -- to liberate, but also to exert control over Cub…”

— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov

“Instead of adjusting his policies to the reality, and adjusting his perception of reality to the changing realities on the ground, the conclusions Obama draws are exactly the same, no matter what the costs have been to our strategic interests. In an odd way, Obama reminds me of Bush.”

— Anonymous, nytimes.com