Foreign Policy Decisions

Famous quotes containing the words foreign policy, foreign, policy and/or decisions:

“Maybe it’s understandable what a history of failures America’s foreign policy has been. We are, after all, a country full of people who came to America to get away from foreigners. Any prolonged examination of the U.S. government reveals foreign policy to be America’s miniature schnauzer—a noisy but small and useless part of the national household.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)

“She planted corn and left the rest
to elements, convinced that God
with giant faucets regulates the rain
and saves the crops from frost or foreign wind.”
—Richard Hugo (1923–1982)

“Men must learn now with pity to dispense,
For policy sits above conscience.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Most of my decisions in life seem absent-minded but inevitable.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)