Quotes on Alliances
Peace, Commerce and honest friendship with all nations —entangling alliance with none.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American president
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish philosopher, statesman
Whomsoever England allies herself with, she will see her allies stronger than she is herself at the end of this war,
Adolf Hider (1889-1945) German dictator April 26, 1942 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 (1842-1914) American author
Our desire is to be friendly to every country in the world, but we have no desire to have a friendly country choosing our enemies for us.
Julius Nyerere (b. 1921) African statesman, President of Tanzania
An ally has to be watched just like an enemy.
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian revolutionary leader