Foreign Quotes

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.

Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

These riders pack the biggest wallop on the Foreign Operations and Commerce/Justice/State bills.

It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

Learning a foreign language has benefits beyond just learning the language.

Protectionism is the ally of isolationism, and isolationism is the Dracula of American foreign policy.

Our relationship with the United States is central to our foreign policy and ought to be one of a deep and enduring partnership.

It is not appropriate, and in fact it is probably inappropriate issue for a foreign government to discuss at this time.

There was a big reservoir of foreign interest -- 65.4 percent went to indirect bidders. That is overwhelming and underscores the pressure worldwide for pension managers to better match their unfunded liabilities.

There were differences. It was ironic that the governor talked about foreign policy and basically supported every foreign policy endeavor of the Clinton-Gore administration ... it's pretty easy to know something about foreign policy when you agree with the other guy the whole time.

It is the world that has changed. The fundamentals are more or less the same. Germany's interests and foreign policy are anchored on a European position and a trans-Atlantic partnership, both going hand in hand and not in competition with each other.

It was a big surprise for me to be composing music for the Foreign Minister. But as soon as I found out that the minister wrote the words to the song in his car, on the way to a meeting, I was even more surprised.

After the end of 2006, when China fully opens its yuan business to foreign investors, this (investment) limit will only be meaningful for tax collection purposes.

Making interest rates and the foreign exchange rate market-oriented to reflect supply/demand changes in the market has always been a goal that we have pursued.

Developing relations with African countries, including South Africa, is a basic stand of China's foreign policy.

The conference has helped promote China's multilateral diplomacy, and has helped more foreign friends better understand China's pursuit of a peaceful and scientific development.

China's foreign exchange reserves hit $818.9 billion at the end of last year, but they should not exceed $250 billion.

China's foreign exchange reserve hit 818.9 billion dollars at the end of last year but what China really needs should be no more than 250 billion dollars.

Our refueling efforts have been highly evaluated by the foreign countries, but there has also been criticism that we're running a 'free gasoline station,'.

We have talked with foreign copyright associations, and China plans to join two international copyright protection treaties to bring it into line with world standards.

one based on speculation, smuggling. [There was] a black market on foreign currency and revenues were not being collected. So we cured all that.

Academics would become trapped in the rigid economic theories of foreign countries, which are not appropriate to our context. I suspect these five universities would only conduct library research.

A government that came to power vowing to follow an independent foreign policy has surrendered its independence to the US.