31 Quotes by Kathleen Troia McFarland

Egypt is the oldest, largest and most important Arab country in the region. What happens there affects them all.

Emotions may win arguments, but they don't win wars.

Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil.

Don't worry, America. We survived Jimmy Carter, and we will survive Barack Obama. Only one questions remains... who is the next Ronald Reagan?

In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the only step.

We realize too late that President Bush shouldn't have taken us into Iraq, and President Obama shouldn't have taken us out.

The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his intelligence community to lie about national security for political purposes. He uses the military or intelligence communities to protect the United States and our citizens, not to help him win elections.

You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If you don't make good on the threats, you're asking for worse behavior next time.

Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn't, they hardly notice it. It's hard to worry about what happens in the Mideast when you don't have a job in the Midwest.