logo

Quotes About Alliance

France as a state, with its interests and aspirations confronted (or was in alliance with) other states of the same kind, but on the other hand France as the Revolution appealed to the peoples of the world to overthrow tyranny and embrace liberty, and the forces of conservatism and reaction opposed her. No doubt after the first apocalyptic years of revolutionary war the difference between these two strands of conflict diminished
~ Eric J. Hobsbawm
common enemies make enemies become friends!
~ Eric Jerome Dickey
Le problème des hommes , c'est qu'ils ne savent pas s'entendre entre eux que ligués contre d'autres. C'est l'ennemi qui les unit.
~ Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Man schließt zu zweit einen Bund gegen die Welt und hält dann diesen égoisme à deux irrtümlich für Liebe und Vertrautheit.
~ Erich Fromm
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Page 147: When a poor democratic majority collides with a market-dominant minority, the majority does not always prevail. Instead of a backlash against the market, there is a backlash against democracy. Often, this antidemocracy backlash takes the form of "crony capitalism": corrupt, symbiotic alliances between indigenous leaders and a market-dominant minority
~ Amy Chua
Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces.
~ Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Love must be kind, and it must be a two-way street. Loyalty between two persons in an alliance of true friendship is a noble human endeavor. In true friendship, a human being finds strength. Good times or bad; the highest peak or the lowest valley in one's life.
~ Andre Leon Talley
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice
~ Andre Gide
Karl May stylizes the Apaches—in crucial alliance with German immigrants like Old Shatterhand, Old Surehand, and (of course) Old Firehand ("head forest ranger by profession, forced to leave Germany for political reasons that caught many an honest man in their whirl"27 )—as a kind of bulwark of nobility against modern capitalism and Yankee individualism, which are subverting and undermining traditional German/Indian values.
~ Andrei S. Markovits
a sense, the history of anti-Americanism in France is perhaps the most interesting in Europe. In contrast to all the other major European countries—Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, even the Austro-Hungarian monarchy75 —France and the United States have never fought a war against each other.76 What is more, the United States was allied with France, officially or otherwise, more often than with any other European country.
~ Andrei S. Markovits
It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
~ Andrew Carnegie
A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.
~ Horst Koehler
We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO.
~ Aleksander Kwasniewski
We welcome the Obama administration's policy called the 'pivot to Asia' because it is a contributing factor to the safety and peace of the region. I think this pivot policy is playing an indispensable role in enhancing the deterrence of the U.S.-Japan alliance as well as ensuring peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region.
~ Shinzo Abe
In a common project, we can bring together well-meaning people from the Left and the Right.
~ Emmanuel Macron
The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.
~ Brian Mulroney
Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause with Western political extremists of the far Left and far Right.
~ Richard Perle
We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country.
~ Peter MacKay
If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.
~ John Buford
Best Western is a great partner for Marley Coffee, and we look forward to taking advantage of this opportunity.
~ Rohan Marley
I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.
~ Tommy Franks
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s.
~ Frank Gaffney
Two powerful people can't be friends.
~ Karan Johar