world affairs quotes

The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.

No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt’s time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it’s different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment.

I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

Politically, the world is so confused right now – there’s so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.