Foreign Policy Begins at Home Quotes

“Multi-lateralism's dilemma: that the inclusion of more actors increases the legitimacy of a process or organization at the same time as it decreases its efficiency and utility.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“Can we expect China to use their increased diplomatic, economic, military, and information strength to help resolve regional conflicts?”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“How do you dissuade young men and women from becoming terrorists? How do you reverse the recruitment and retention of terrorists? You must change what is being preached in the mosques, taught in schools, read online, and discussed at home.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“Are we capturing, killing, deterring, and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas are recruiting, training, and deploying against us?”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“The world is looking for a signal the US has the political will and ability to make hard choices.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“The US must realize that Western-style democracy may not be universal in its appeal or reach.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“Nations have no permanent friends nor permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“The goal is to increase the number of Americans who can hold their own in an increasingly competitive world and ensure sufficient resources are available so the US can do what it wants and needs at home and abroad.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“The objective is for the US to be more selective in what it does overseas and to focus more resources and attention on what it is doing at home.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“Hard choices need to be made. Americans must distinguish between the desirable and the vital; the feasible and the impossible.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order

“There are three alternatives to real leadership. One is drift, which is pretty much what this country has experienced for the past decade. Business as usual, though, would likely bring about the second alternative: crisis. It could come in many forms, including an economic disaster imposed by a world that tires of lending dollars to the United States. A third alternative—faux leadership in the form of populism that would deepen social divisions without fixing problems—would be the worst of all outcomes.”
― Richard N. Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order