Expansionist Quotes

When the Israeli leaders launched their expansionist war in June 1967 they never envisaged that 40 years later they would still be haunted by the consequences. - Ismail Haniyeh

We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent. - Ronald Reagan

[In 1963, the US believed that China might have] expansionist designs... the United States knows the Chinese leadership is consciously pragmatic and is eager to avoid the perception of being expansionist. - Sugata Bose