Antony Blinken Quotes

Antony Blinken

Profession : Statesman

Birth : April 16, 1962

Chomsky's characterization of the United States as a 'propaganda' state like all the rest - distinguishable only by its more effective and seductive salesmanship - is particularly hard to swallow.

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Every administration suffers its share of 'what the president meant to say' moments.

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The liberal order led by the United States favored an open world connected by the free flow of people, goods, ideas and capital, a world grounded in the principles of self-determination and sovereignty for nations and basic rights for their citizens. It did fall short of its ideals, often in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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Every day at the State Department, we tackle issues at the intersection of foreign policy and science and technology.

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Even the most disciplined commander-in-chief misspeaks from time to time.

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In the absence of an engaged, diplomatically energized America, others will set the agenda, shape the rules and dominate international institutions - and probably not in ways that advance our interests or values.

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As Vietnam increasingly opens its doors, it will reap the rewards of progress for its people.

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There is no shortage of objectionable Iranian behavior.

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Most of the money that we provide to the WTO is done on a voluntary basis.

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Mr. Trump's travel ban has never really been about security. Rather, it's the tip of the spear in a much broader battle: to drastically curtail immigration to the United States that is changing the complexion of our country.

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When it comes to climate change, I think that success at home is directly tied to our ability to lead effectively abroad.

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It is not O.K. for one sovereignty to dictate to another which countries or organizations it may associate with.

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President John F. Kennedy demonstrated the value of presidential credibility at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, when he sent emissaries to America's allies in October 1962 to secure support for the quarantine of Cuba.

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I don't think anyone in the 1990s, the late '90s, anticipated that the Putin they knew then would become the Putin we know now.

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Look, we don't have the luxury of not dealing with China. There are real complexities to the relationship, whether it's the adversarial piece, whether it's the competitive piece, whether it's the cooperative piece.

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President Donald J. Trump was right to strike at the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using a weapon of mass destruction, the nerve agent sarin, against its own people.

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Our purpose is not to contain China, to hold it back, to keep it down. It is to uphold this rules-based order that China is posing a challenge to. Anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we're going to stand up and - and defend it.

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Tweeting first and asking questions later is not a good way to make policy - especially in the Middle East.

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In the end, North Korea's conduct may change only when its leadership does.

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The United States and China are competitors. And there is nothing wrong with competition.

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