Both nations have an idea of Manifest Destiny and a…

From the 15th century to 1688, England and Wales, like Scotland, had been peripheral kingdoms in the European power game, more often at war…

— Linda Colley

The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.

— John Mearsheimer

“None of us commences life utterly alone. We each carry within our granular mass the protoplasm residue of past generations’ ideas, customs, values, infatuations,…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“[A] new finding shows that while in the 1940s, three-quarters of those surveyed claimed to dream in black and white, today, three-quarters say the…

— Katherine A. Fowkes

“China seems to have skillfully adapted a Monroe Doctrine, or “Ménluó” (a transliteration of the word “Monroe”) Doctrine, in America’s backyard.”

— Patrick Mendis

So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the…

— E. Howard Hunt

The fact that Brazil and Chile now has China as their largest trading partner means the Monroe Doctrine is certainly something of the past.

— Dambisa Moyo

“The State Department Policy Planning Council soon expanded on these concerns: “the primary danger we face in Castro,” it concluded, is “in the impact…

— Keith Bolender

If you want to look at the Monroe Doctrine and what happened when we wrote that, we stated what the business would be for…

— Harry Belafonte

I consider Monroe a pretty minor president. In spite of the Monroe Doctrine. That's the only important thing he ever did more or less…

— Harry S. Truman

There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The European powers had been anxious to see the United States become embroiled in a civil war and eventually break into two smaller and…

— G. Edward Griffin

We need a new Monroe Doctrine for the Western Hemisphere, one that prioritizes the security and prosperity for the United States and our neighbors.

— Michael Waltz

The United States was born with an imperialist impulse. There has been a long confrontation between Monroe and Bolivar... It is necessary that the…

— Hugo Chavez

For the past century or so that's [ Monroe Doctrine] actually been true, but it's declining very significantly.

— Noam Chomsky