Atlantic Alliance Quotes

France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a 'third force,' independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further.

England’s drama is to be forced to choose between the remains of her Empire at the price of American hegemony and a loyal commitment to the continent.

All eyes, all hopes are fixed on you; and were you to decline, the chagrin would be universal. [Monroe went to France.]

We want a rules-based order in Asia-Pacific like we have had in the Atlantic.

We are going to liberate Europe, but that’s because the Americans are with us to do it. For, understand this, every time we must choose between Europe and the open sea, we will always choose the open sea. Every time that I have to choose between you and Roosevelt, I will always choose Roosevelt.

The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down. We know they have fallen before.

The G7, just a European centric show, an Atlantic show, is fundamentally finished.

Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.