Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. Thomas Jefferson
The genius of human society is in fact the ease with which alliances are formed, broken, and reconstituted, always with strong emotional appeals to rules believed to be absolute. E. O. Wilson
I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. Frank B. Kellogg
Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests. Stephen Kinzer
America must always be the world's paramount military power, but we can magnify our power through alliances. John Kerry
One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries. Alberto Manguel