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Alliance. In
international politics, the union of two thieves who have
their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that
they cannot separately plunder a third.
-- Ambrose Bierce
1842-1914, American Author,
Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary''
When bad men
combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one
by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
-- Edmund Burke
1729-1797, British Political
Writer, Statesman
Union may be
strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely
directed.
-- Samuel Butler
1612-1680, British Poet,
Satirist
Coalitions
though successful have always found this, that their triumph
has been brief.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
1804-1881, British Statesman,
Prime Minister
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I think that a
young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at
home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance
with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the
world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly
one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a
great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition,
it seems to me well worth cultivating.
-- Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American
Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
All who think
cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion
which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the
world.
-- John Hay
1838-1905, American Author,
Statesman
Peace,
commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling
alliances with none.
-- Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of
the USA
We cannot
always assure the future of our friends; we have a better
chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends
are.
-- Henry Kissinger
1923-, American Republican
Politician, Secretary of State
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