Anders Fogh Rasmussen Quotes

For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it.

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

Turkey has worked alongside its allies from the beginning.

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO.

NATO – No Action Talk Only

There is a lot of juggling between NATO commitment and domestic politics in most countries [belonging to NATO.]

The only thing wrong with NATO is that we don't belong to it.

The U.S. has always been an indispensable ally.

We only won our freedom because of our allies, and we can only sustain it because of them.

NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves.

With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.

No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations.

It's overwhelmingly in the self-interest of the United States of America to have a secure, democratic friend, a strategic partner like Israel.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

Since the Korean War, U.S. and South Korea have established an enduring friendship with shared interests, such as denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, combating aggression abroad and developing our economies.

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States.

China-Africa relationship has a long history and is full of vitality. Since the 1950s and 1960s, our common historical experiences have brought China and Africa together, and we have forged deep friendship in our joint struggle during which we have supported each other in times of difficulty.

At the very outset I want to say how the people of America appreciate the steadfast support of the people of Morocco, the leadership of Morocco in our war against terrorism.

All in all, the League of Nations is not inevitably bound, as some maintain from time to time, to degenerate into an impotent appendage of first one, then another of the competing great powers.

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States.

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.