Which presidential candidate’s foreign policy does this sound most like?

“We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a program would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.”

“It has always seemed to me that in dealing with foreign countries we do not give ourselves a chance of success unless we try to understand their mentality, which is not always the same as our own.”

These quotations are from neither of our two presidential candidates but rather from a famous English leader. I’ll give you a hint. I got the idea for this post from Thomas Sowell’s latest column (dated August 26, 2004).