In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.
The 21st century is significantly different from the 20th century. The old models will not hold anymore. More and more, we are one people on Earth. We need to share our problems.
The problems we face aren't Democratic problems or Republican problems. These are Maryland's problems.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
No nation can meet the world's challenges alone.
Nothing can be controlled by one country today; nothing.
It's only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we're properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.
There is a deep-felt desire among the people to stand firmly together in dealing with the challenges of the future.
The world's problems transcend borders.
The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're doomed.
There are solutions that are proper, but they require the painstaking and difficult work of building alliances and also being prepared to analyze the problem realistically. And exactly the same thing is going on my side of the Atlantic as is going on your side of the Atlantic.
We judge the Russians because they're living under despotism and we don't like it, but we've gotten into a fix now where we're living in a common predicament, and we ought to recognize this common predicament.
