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In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests.

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.

I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world.

My interest in foreign policy is above the average voter's interest. That doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it.

Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks.

I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.