Brent Scowcroft Quotes

States working together can achieve more than what even the most powerful state can accomplish by itself.

When we work together and stay focused on getting things dones, we can find common ground and make a real difference in people's lives.

We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'

You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.

We all read news stories about the difficulties and tensions that the United States has with our allies and even with coalition partners in Iraq, but we rarely read about the good news.

Turkey has worked alongside its allies from the beginning.

We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO.

While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together.

It's nice to have the views of the allies and everything, but it's nicer to have the views of the allies on issues they know more about.

There are bonds of fraternity linking democratic countries.

I want to say to America that France is not what they think it is. There has never been a war between the French and the Americans. There is no need for us to argue…. France has to be an ally of the United States. We both have the same values.

Conflict with our allies in a war is terrible. But the only thing worse is fighting a war without allies.

D-Day will be a reminder of what can be accomplished when allies work together and when everyone understands what’s at stake.

We are going to extend our frank hand to seek a relation of friendship - I repeat - of cooperation with the United States.

The partnerships between Schmidt and Giscard, Kohl and Mitterrand, and even between Chirac and Schroeder, have proved that political differences do not mean that we cannot work together.

I want to use whatever resources in the world we can use, unite whatever force we can unite, ally with whichever partner we can find.

I want to be a partner with business, labor, civic leaders, foundations, other churches so that we can work together... If I can talk to all of these people and have something in common, maybe I can get them to see that they also have something in common with each other when we come together.

System-wide changes rely on a critical mass of interested parties, all willing to enter into deep partnerships and collaborations, founded on new levels of trust and a commitment to action, not debate.

Our alliance is born, not of fear, but of hope. It is an alliance that advances what we are for, as well as opposes what we are against.

Our partnership has been built on four pillars The first pillar is peace. The second pillar is freedom. The third pillar is respect. The fourth pillar is cooperation.

For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will.

Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation and consensus.

Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration, as we need an entire army of companies to work together to build a better world within the next few decades. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another.

We look at the world and analyze the world, and see what we can do that is in line of our mutual interest and also in line with, you know, what the whole world needs, because this is a world where we really have to all work together.

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.