Andrzej Duda Quotes

I'm hugely delighted with the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Polish territory.

Unlike the Afghans and Iraqis, the South Korean people solidly supported the American military presence, which was part of a United Nations operation.

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.

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

I want to reassure our NATO allies that if any of them get attacked, we'll be there to defend them.

If a future U.S. president were to refuse to defend an ally under attack, NATO would lose all credibility.

If any part of the U.S. armed forces, which is the biggest armed forces in the world, was withdrawn from Europe, that would be very detrimental to European security.

If Estonia or any member-state was invaded and Article V was not invoked, NATO will fall apart. If it fails once, the alliance will no longer exist.

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

It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States with NATO.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.

In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world.

For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans.

For if the Germans do not help defend the West, American and Canadian troops must cross the seas to do the job, and I venture to believe that the troops - if not the statesmen - regard this as an interference at least in their own domestic affairs.

For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.

The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to do so.

NATO is the most important military alliance in world history.

Can the wider West establish a global 'cyber NATO?' It would be difficult, but so, too, was the founding of NATO itself, which was called into being only after successive communist coups in Eastern Europe.

France has been an American ally for about 250 years. It is a key member of NATO. But President Obama never stood shoulder to shoulder with Hollande and asked for a declaration of war against ISIS.

It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.

Everyone knows: if Russia threatens Ukraine and also has its sights on other states, this concerns the global security of Europe.

I mean, the United States has had an eighteen-year military commitment in Afghanistan, and frankly, I can't think of any country other than the United States which is even capable of such a commitment.

The best course of action for Poland would be to have U.S. troops stationed on its territory. It's the only way to guarantee the country's security.

The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.