Accept Quote by Sergei Lavrov

Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or…

— Bashar al-Assad

Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so was the…

— Vladimir Putin

In Ukraine, there has never been a consensus behind NATO membership. Even Yulia Tymoshenko was noncommittal when she was still prime minister. Georgia under…

— Heinrich August Winkler

While Slovakia did not make the first round of NATO membership, as various requirements and reforms are instituted, these actions will enhance the opportunities…

— John Mica

There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants…

— Susan Rice

No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Russia has not taken part and is not going to take part in any actions aimed at removing legitimate government.

— Vladimir Putin

If Ukraine becomes a pro-American liberal democracy, and a member of NATO, and a member of the E.U., the Russians will consider that categorically…

— John Mearsheimer

We cannot allow any uncontrolled situation and destabilization in the country.

— Alexander Lukashenko

Around 2008 and again in 2013 NATO officially offered the Ukraine the opportunity to join NATO. That's something no Russian government is ever going…

— Noam Chomsky

We shouldn't be lowering standards for NATO membership; we have to insist on democracy, reform, market economy, anti-corruption, reformed military, contributions to common security,…

— Kurt Volker

The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either.

— Wesley Clark