Foreign Policy Decisions

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

    “In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.”
    —James Reston (b. 1909)

    “If the contemplation, even of inanimate beauty, is so delightful; if it ravishes the senses, even when the fair form is foreign to us: What must be the effects of moral beauty? And what influence must it have, when it embellishes our own mind, and is the result of our own reflection and industry?”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.”
    —Karl Von Clausewitz (1780–1831)

    “There is an enormous chasm between the relatively rich and powerful people who make decisions in government, business, and finance and our poorer neighbors who must depend on these decisions to alleviate the problems caused by their lack of power and influence.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)