Quotes about alliances




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"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."

Bierce, Ambrose on alliances    Share


"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."

Burke, Edmund on alliances    Share

"Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed."

Butler, Samuel on alliances    Share

"Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief."

Disraeli, Benjamin on alliances    Share

"All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world."

Hay, John on alliances    Share

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

Jefferson, Thomas on alliances
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"We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are."

Kissinger, Henry on alliances
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"'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."

Washington, George on alliances    Share

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