Alliances Quotes

“I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a world-wide alliance that can deal with poverty and inequality and climate change and financial instability, and we've got to face up to that fact.”

“I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a world-wide alliance that can deal with poverty and inequality and climate change and financial instability, and we've got to face up to that fact.”

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none”

“I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.”

“We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.”

“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.”

“Peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none.”

“Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.”

“One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries. ”

“To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.”

“'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it.”