Alliances Quotes

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

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

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

work closely with other arts organizations, civic and community groups, and local businesses to form alliances and supportive networks.

Who is ready to be a truly independent representative of Minnesota? Who is free of entangling alliances and big money that allows them to represent? What do we need -- that sort of person who can truly independently represent Minnesota, or something else?

Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America`s interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world`s poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.

The inevitable result was the balance of power, the arms race, the dividing up of the world into rival alliances, and ultimately, war.

In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world`s children.

Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community so future conflict becomes less likely.

Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they`re based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.

So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.

We work to support our partners to enhance their likelihood of success. Many partners within the network are doing quite well. When we enter these alliances we look to leverage the strength of our platform.

Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies.

You have to recognize the realities of the situation and try to create new alliances or scale down the ambitions. I think we see that happening a little bit with the Bush administration.