There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own
Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it.
War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
People of Baghdad, remember for 26 generations you have suffered under strange tyrants who have ever endeavoured to set one Arab house against another in order that they might profit by your dissensions. This policy is abhorrent to Great Britain and her Allies for there can be neither peace nor prosperity where there is enmity or misgovernment. Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.
Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.
Guantanamo is a chief recruiting tool for al-Qaida. It has put a wedge between the United States and at least some of its allies.
The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better deploy our forces in the world and share our burdens more and more effectively with our partners. And frankly, all our allies need to do the same.
When Negroes looked for the second phase, the realization of equality, they found that many of their white allies had quietly disappeared. . . . To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood.
We have no eternal allies, and we have not perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
The patriots of 1776 had far more to fear from Benedict Arnold than they did King George. An enemy easily identified is much less formidable than one who marches in the uniform of an ally.
Our foreign ministries will simply need to sort out some purely technical matters. I see no political restraints here. The same applies to economic matters. We, on our part, are ready. However, let me repeat once again, given that Japan has joined the anti-Russian sanctions, how ready is Japan and how can it do that without breaching its commitments to its allies? We do not know the answer. Only Japan itself knows the answer.
Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lower it down to allow their friends, allies, and kin to scramble up. In other words: 'Who says meritocracy says oligarchy. '
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
I think that our president should not be representing our country. He has alienated our allies. He continues to lie day in and day out. He creates controversy. He can't get along with the members of Congress. He needs to be impeached. I want him impeached.
Time can be an ally or an enemy.
Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, for the purpose of promoting her ideas.
Obama and his allies are promoting a medical system that is the third leading cause of death in America. It's that stark and it's that simple.
[Civil right leaders]themselves in their pronouncements will tell you they need white allies, they need white help, they need white this.