#allies

The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs. ↗

— Silvio Berlusconi

#ancient #bigger #clearly #every #filtered

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#allies #analysis #capabilities #collection #defense

We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#because #europeans #excellent #framework #interest

Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#been #deployed #developing #itself #looking

Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things. ↗

— Arthur Scargill

#associations #begin #change #change things #demonstrations

Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden. ↗

— John Spratt

#america #band #burden #commitments #country

The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#allies #around #creating #got #policy

Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies. ↗

— W. L. George

#hate #love #our #teach #to love

But I do have conversations about the Patriarchy and I am having them with gay men. At eighteen, I am discovering what generations of women have long known. The natural ally of the straight woman is the gay man because they are others losers too. ↗

— Caitlin Moran

#gay-men #patriarchy #men

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#allies #ally #been #concern #global