Harold MacMillan Quotes

My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.

We've always had this fantastic relationship with America.

The best world is one in which all countries cooperate with one another to kind of meet each other's needs and be partners in the process.

In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences.

I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

Turkey is a sovereign state, just like the U.S. We might go to different directions, in terms of our impressions and ideas, but we'll always remain friends.

We have built up, through our global engagement, a set of institutions that have been built on trust, fundamentally on trust, where allies had trust in the United States to do the right thing when it really came down to it.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.

Being British, we tend to think of ourselves as America's best friend. And as your best friend, that gives us a little bit of license to point out things that could have been handled better.

Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world - monarchies, kingdoms, large powers - we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect.

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

You cannot work with men who won't work with you.

There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

Never was a man further from a partiality for Spain than I am. But I think I now have left them in a sincere and steady intention to cultivate the friendship of America.

And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies - we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America.

The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.