Advantage Quote by Walter Lippmann

Good alliances are made of strong, capable partners.

— Mark Esper

Alliances are not a burden; they are a benefit to both our individual and our collective security.

— Lloyd Austin

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and…

— Chuck Hagel

Alliance is not to show individual strength, but win over the opposition by pooling in all the votes of like-minded parties and ensuring that…

— Tamilisai Soundararajan

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…

— Malcolm Wallop

No alliance in history has done more to prevent war, and no alliance is more rooted in the values America champions, than NATO.

— Tom Malinowski

Military alliances are built on trust and reciprocity.

— Michael Waltz

“Alliances are useful in some situations. In others, they are absolutely vital. But they must always be approached with caution. Unity of that sort…

— Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn

“a confirmation of two of history’s more dismal lessons: that grand alliances rarely survive the shock of victory, and that great powers usually behave…

— Hugh Brogan

More broadly, strategic alliances are more difficult to manage and coordinate than single ventures; the potential for misunderstanding and disagreement, particularly between partners from…

— Peter Dicken

To be an ally is a formal military alliance. And we have a formal military alliance in NATO. But we are partners with other…

— Joe Biden

Is such an alliance helpful to us in this day and age? Are we creating a cold war in order to justify NATO?

— Jill Stein