Mike Pence Quotes

I think NATO as a concept is good, but it is not as good as it was when it first evolved. And I think we bear the, you know, not only financially, we bear the biggest brunt of it.

[America should engage in] Progressive development of regional and other collective arrangements for individual and collective self-defense

NATO is indispensable to America's national security.

NATO's essentially run by the United States.

As long as NATO changes when the world is changing, we will be very important for the security of all our allies, including the United States.

NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined together to fight in Afghanistan. In the 1980s, I would not have thought this was going to be possible.

I think NATO is obsolete. NATO was done at a time you had the Soviet Union, which was obviously larger - much larger than Russia is today. I'm not saying Russia is not a threat. But we have other threats. We have the threat of terrorism. And NATO doesn't discuss terrorism. NATO's not meant for terrorism. NATO doesn't have the right countries in it for terrorism.

NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO.

I welcome the fact that Trump has clearly stated that NATO is not obsolete.And I think, also, that reflects that NATO is adapting. NATO is the most successful alliance in history because we have been able to change, to adapt when the world is changing. And now NATO is stepping up its effort in the global fight against terrorism, and we are responding to a more assertive Russia with an increase of our collective defense, with more presence in the eastern part of the alliance.

I'm all in favor of NATO.

I read on the front page of the Wall Street Journal that NATO is opening up a major terror division. And I think that's great. And I think we should get - because we pay approximately 73 percent of the cost of NATO. It's a lot of money to protect other people.

I see NATO as a good thing to have - I look at the Ukraine situation and I say, so Ukraine is a country that affects us far less than it affects other countries in NATO, and yet we are doing all of the lifting, they're not doing anything.

Our alliance with our NATO partners has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy for nearly 70 years, in good times and in bad and through presidents of both parties because the United States has a fundamental interest in Europe's stability and security.

I'm a big fan of NATO. But they have to pay up.

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

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

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.

Conversations with my counterparts in Europe have made clear that many of them recognize NATO's limitations and understand the need for reform.

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.

No organization has ever been more effective at preventing conflict than NATO.

I think NATO needs to redefine itself. There has been no substantial thought about what NATO is for since the Berlin Wall came down.

The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.

President Trump has called on other nations to do more, and they have responded. By the end of 2020, our NATO allies will spend an additional $100 billion on defense, an unprecedented increase that will make the alliance stronger.

I doubt that America will come to Europe again. You'll be on your own against militant Islam.