Alliance Building Quotes

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

It is clearly unwise for us to continue the attempt to carry alone, or largely single-handed, the opposition to Soviet expansion. It is urgently necessary for us to restore something of the balance of power in Europe and Asia by strengthening local forces of independence and by getting them to assume part of our burden.

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.

NATO is indispensable to America's national security.

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.

One day we might find ourselves making an alliance with the Greeks.

You always have more than one goal in foreign policy.

The old NATO was primarily configured to deter a Soviet attack against its members; the new NATO is focused on countering any threats such as terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, rogue states, and other dangers that emanate from beyond Europe’s borders.

We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies.

I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have been sorely tempted to launch a military attack on foreigners, and have felt the frustration of having to negotiate with allies or even former enemies to reach a consensus instead of taking more decisive unilateral action.

The United States sits down with her enemies because they have some semblance of power.

Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Donald Trump mainly shows contempt for them.

So much of our foreign policy is based on other people’s weakness.

Britain's political voice depends on our role as a leading and influential member of the E.U. If we leave, we are of less value to our allies and of less concern to our enemies. We need the strongest voice we can get in the dangerous modern world.

We have taken a grave and hazardous decision to sustain the Greeks and try to make a Balkan Front.

Foreign policy does not mean guns and rifles, but utilizing all legitimate international means to convince others.

President Kennedy was the greatest man I ever met, and the best friend I ever had.

America’s foreign policy has left us with more enemies and fewer allies.

Small countries such as Belgium would be well-advised to rally to the side of the strong if the wish to retain their independence.

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

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

The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.

Strategic autonomy is not secured by merely asserting one's independence: it is secured by creating mutually beneficial interdependencies.

As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women.