Geopolitics Quotes

"It would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overlaid the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."

"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest. It cannot be in accordance with the interest or the safety of Russia that Germany should plant itself upon the shores of the Black Sea, or that it should overrun the Balkan States and subjugate the Slavonic peoples of South-Eastern Europe. That would be contrary to the historic life-interests of Russia."

"Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future generations any growth of division between the proud and the happy nations of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the New World."

"America’s interests determine its friends and enemies."

"To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal"

"No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time"

"Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy"

"NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in times of Cold War. We have no idea why it is still around and what its role should be."

"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world"

"America’s adversaries should beware; its friends should be cautious."

"The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in Western Europe."

"Russia is not a country that can exist without sovereignty."

"America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests."

"We need an end to the cold war and global competition with arms as its focus"

"The trouble is that we are not only living in a world of constant change but in a world with four world wars—constant crisis and havoc in various world areas."