Foreign Policy
The foreign policy of the United States defines how the United States interacts with foreign nations. It addresses the security of the American people and promotes international order. The following are the most prominent foreign policies of the United States:
- Refocusing on the threat from al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Ending the war in Iraq responsibly
- Keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists
- Promoting peace and security in Israel and the Middle East
- Re-energizing America’s alliances
- Maintaining core American values
- Restoring American leadership in Latin America
- Ensuring energy security and fighting climate change
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Famous quotes related to foreign policy:
“My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.”
—Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)
“A régime which invented a biological foreign policy was obviously acting against its own best interests. But at least it obeyed its own particular logic.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.”
—A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)
“Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
“I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)