“A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.”
“Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic, not the progressive realignment of American foreign policy.”
“All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport -- in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy."[Quoted in Socialism and Foreign Policy and War and the Liberal Conscience]”
“...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.”
“collecting secrets was and is crucial to solving foreign policy puzzles.”
“The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.”