Acts of charity Quote by Derek Chollet

USAID and our foreign assistance, it's not charity. It helps our country. It helps us grow as leaders. That ultimately helps our security.

— Andy Kim

I was going to the heart of this matter, which is, the issue of whether Europeans should contribute more to NATO, I think, is…

— Philip Gordon

I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment to NATO…

— Barack Obama

The NATO alliance is not just a transactional relationship, once again. That alliance serves our interests. That alliance has been critical to keeping security…

— James Franklin Jeffrey

The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO,…

— Hillary Clinton

We must defend our NATO allies, but we should also ensure that everyone pays their fair share. The United States shouldn't be responsible for…

— Carlos Beruff

Americans know that a strong alliance of free, sovereign and independent nations is the best defense for our freedoms and for our interests. That…

— Donald Trump

International solidarity is not an act of charity: It is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objective.…

— Samora Machel

I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR…

— Howard Berman

Ever since the end of the Cold War, it has been our paramount interest in Europe to strengthen NATO and to extend it -…

— Tom Malinowski

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part…

— Dan Quayle

NATO is in our national security interests. And, yes, we pay a lot for it, but, when we had Afghanistan, NATO troops were by…

— James Franklin Jeffrey