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Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy. -- Vladimir Putin
Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops. -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary. -- Giulio Andreotti
My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA. -- Ibrahim Rugova
I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat. -- Pierre Trudeau
Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and NATO, which historians now see as having been at the center of American success in the cold war. -- Robert Dallek
The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO. -- Elliott Abrams
In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune to the charge of genocide, self-immunized, and the court accepted that, so the case proceeded against the other NATO powers, but not against the United States. -- Noam Chomsky
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia. -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision. The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is enduring, and the United Kingdom's membership in Nato remains a vital cornerstone of US foreign, security and economic policy. -- Barack Obama
Actually I can't imagine Nato troops on the ground and I think it's also important to send that very clear message to the UN and other organisations right now so that appropriate plans can be in place in due time and the Gaddafi regime can collapse soon. -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
NATO's essentially run by the United States. -- Noam Chomsky
NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing. -- Paul Watson
NATO has been a thread throughout my life. -- Madeleine Albright
I think that NATO is itself a war criminal. -- Harold Pinter
We also have a real opportunity to join NATO. -- Eduard Shevardnadze
I will hear no talk that there are no intermediate-range weapons on the NATO side. -- E. P. Thompson
If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things. -- Lord Robertson
The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal. -- Warren Christopher
The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. -- Jose Maria Aznar
As Far As People Who Ran The Show, It Was The Highest Levels of NATO, the U.S., MI6, CIA And The Pentagon -- Sibel Edmonds
We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe. -- Dan Quayle
The neutron warhead is a defensive weapon designed to offset the great superiority that the Soviet Union has on the western front against the NATO nations. -- Ronald Reagan
The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to do so. -- Hillary Clinton
America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time. -- Joe Biden
We've had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it's going to be a very important six months for NATO. -- Warren Christopher
I think would send a very strong message to Putin and to Russia that NATO countries and the United States are going to respond by growing stronger economically and strategically. -- Mike Pence
All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes. -- Fatos Nano
It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe. -- Warren Christopher
NATO has been supporting Haj pilgrimage for those Afghans who wish to go to Saudi Arabia. The Alliance has played a role in helping transport concerning their security as they leave and come back to Afghanistan. -- James Appathurai
In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle. -- Aleksander Kwasniewski
Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch. -- Bob Ainsworth
The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral blow to U.S. troops and veterans, a Taliban resurgence, huge setbacks for women, and greater power for Pakistan and Pakistani extremists. -- Richard Engel
And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms. -- Aleksander Kwasniewski
With Leighton Smith in charge, we've got a Navy admiral running a predominantly land campaign - the first ever in NATO's 47-year history. ... As the U.S. continues to withdraw from overseas bases, Naval Forces will become even more relevant in meeting American forward presence requirements. -- Sam Smith
[Ben Carson] critics say that your inexperience shows. You've suggested that the Baltic States are not a part of NATO, you were unfamiliar with the major political parties and government in Israel, and domestically, you thought Alan Greenspan had been treasury secretary instead of federal reserve chair. -- Megyn Kelly
I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues, a way to give reassurance on these issues. -- Warren Christopher
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s. -- Frank Gaffney
NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist? -- Noam Chomsky
The controversy over Russian gas deliveries shines a glaring spotlight on the risks involved in this industry. In an energy NATO, EU and NATO member states would guarantee one another assistance in obtaining energy, in any form, but without violence. Of course, we need an additional pipeline system for this purpose. -- Lech Kaczynski
Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government in Libya. They did it because they wanted to promote democracy. A number of Republicans supported them. . Well, the result is, Libya is now a terrorist war zone run by jihadists. -- Ted Cruz
Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a means of reducing Russia's reach on its western frontiers and seeking to isolate it. Its former East European client states were admitted to NATO, as were the Baltic states. -- Martin Jacques
NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet Union, because there is no Soviet Union anymore. And where there was the Soviet Union once, there is now a number of countries, among them the new and democratic Russia. -- Vladimir Putin
I belong to the initiators of the... and we had repeatedly also asked the dismantling of the SS-20 but we did not connect them - that was the difference. We didn't connect them because we felt that this was a step taken, an unnecessary step by the American side and added to by the NATO member countries. -- Petra Kelly
Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen. -- David Cameron
What I'd do is not have USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy working with U.S. taxpayers' money to knock off an elected government in Ukraine, which is what they did. I wouldn't try to force the people of Ukraine into a deal with NATO against their interest or into a deal with the European Union, which is against their economic interest. -- Dennis Kucinich
I'm all in favor of NATO. -- Donald Trump
NATO is going to be just fine. -- Donald Trump
I think NATO needs to be looked at. -- Jill Stein
NATO is obsolete, because it's not taking care of terror. -- Donald Trump
NATO needs to adapt its strategy to meet new challenges -- Angela Merkel
We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO. -- Aleksander Kwasniewski
Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO. -- Aleksander Kwasniewski
I'm a big fan of NATO. But they have to pay up. -- Donald Trump
Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO. -- George W. Bush
NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO. -- Bidzina Ivanishvili
NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO. -- Tony Blair
Turkey's a NATO member. If Turkey gets attacked, we have to help defend Turkey. -- Wesley Clark
I'm all for NATO. But I said they have to focus on terror, also. -- Donald Trump
NATO is an alliance, so all parts of the alliance have to be capable. -- Newt Gingrich
If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things. -- Lord Robertson
I don't think Russia could start a war by attacking any of the NATO member states. -- Milos Zeman
Do not form your judgment about our military doctrine from the assessments given by NATO representatives. -- Sergei Lavrov
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NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves. -- Lord Robertson
How can we be isolating ourselves when it's 16 to 3 in NATO for what we want to do? -- Brit Hume
There are very complicated issues here [about NATO], and I don't want to give them short shrift. -- Jill Stein
[Donald Trump] attitude towards our longest defense alliance and NATO, that we should somehow walk away from it. -- Hillary Clinton
Why do three-quarters of NATO [countries] get away with not paying anything? They have to pay their bills. -- Michael T. Flynn
[NATO countries] have no respect for our country. They will do it. They'll be happy to do it. -- Donald Trump
Russia's now in the middle of a fierce confrontation with Turkey. And that's one of France's NATO allies. -- Corey Flintoff
[Egon] Bahr even said: If Russia agreed to the NATO expansion, he would never come to Moscow again. -- Vladimir Putin
With regards to the expansion of NATO, I see it as a mistake, even a provocation in a way. -- Sergei Lavrov
The purpose of the NATO alliance is to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down. -- Lord Ismay
Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety. -- David Brooks
Only five NATO countries, including the United States, are currently meeting their minimum requirement to spend 2% of GDP on defense. -- Donald Trump
America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures. -- John F. Kerry
NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the whole Ukrainian nation. -- Sergei Lavrov
We're working with NATO, the longest military alliance in the history of the world, to really turn our attention to terrorism. -- Hillary Clinton
When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany. -- Donald Rumsfeld
The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran. -- Mairead Corrigan
We continue to stand united with Germany and our NATO allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan. -- Barack Obama
As far as the Ukraine is concerned, it's a mess. And that's under the Obama's administration, with his strong ties to NATO. -- Donald Trump
NATO and the USA wanted a complete victory over the Soviet Union. They wanted to sit on the throne in Europe alone. -- Vladimir Putin
With all of these strong ties to NATO, Ukraine is a mess. Crimea has been taken. Don't blame Donald Trump for that. -- Donald Trump
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back. -- George Ayittey
In my experience, in bringing coercive diplomacy to bear against Slobodan Milosevic, no bomb strike was more important than maintaining NATO's cohesion. -- Wesley Clark
Early in my term I will also be requesting that all NATO nations promptly pay their bills, which many are not now doing. -- Donald Trump
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
It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States with NATO. -- Janez Drnovsek
Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe. -- James Callaghan
Albania does not feel alone. It is part of the Partnership for Peace structures in NATO, and it will do what it can within that. -- Fatos Nano
Within NATO, our Defence Capabilities Initiative has identified the essential capabilities all Allies must have for modern operations, and Allies are working to meet those requirements. -- Lord Robertson
I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces. -- Warren Christopher
There's absolutely no reason for NATO to be sticking its fingers up the nostrils of Russia at every orifice. I mean, it's absurd. It's absolutely absurd. -- Rashid Khalidi
Whole part of the world is a mess under [Barack] Obama, with all the strength that you're talking about and all of the power of NATO. -- Donald Trump
If Estonia or any member-state was invaded and Article V was not invoked, NATO will fall apart. If it fails once, the alliance will no longer exist. -- Toomas Hendrik Ilves
While Slovakia did not make the first round of NATO membership, as various requirements and reforms are instituted, these actions will enhance the opportunities to join NATO. -- John Mica
We're committed to NATO. From the conversations I've already had with President [Donald] Trump over the phone, he has shown to me his commitment to NATO as well. -- Theresa May
As Iraqi forces continue the liberation of Mosul, I'm pleased that NATO will be meeting the commitment we made in Warsaw to begin training additional forces in Iraq. -- Barack Obama
What I will remember most from my time in NATO is meeting children in the countries where I've gone to, to Moscow and to Kiev, I've met school children. -- Lord Robertson
Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value. -- Bashar al-Assad
Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well. -- Hamid Karzai
So seven new countries, three of them formerly part of the Soviet Union, and the others part of the Warsaw Pact, will become full members of NATO next year. -- Lord Robertson
All nations agree that ISAF and OEF need to work more closely together, and that when NATO takes over operations throughout the country that there must be unity of command. -- James Appathurai
Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the right strategic response to Russian aggression. -- Mike Pence
Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so was the political will. But people didn't want to. -- Vladimir Putin
NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland. -- Barney Frank
NATO will not become involved in partitioning that country, .. We're not going to engage in an operation that will fix demarcation lines. This is one country, and it will remain one country. -- Bill Vaughan
NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO. -- Sergei Lavrov
Around 2008 and again in 2013 NATO officially offered the Ukraine the opportunity to join NATO. That's something no Russian government is ever going to accept. It's right at the geopolitical heartland of Russia. -- Noam Chomsky
The Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania are designed to counter long-range ballistic missiles that may be launched from other nations, outside of the Euro-Atlantic area, against our European NATO partners. -- James A. Winnefeld, Jr.
He was in Poland to participate in the NATO conference, President [Barack] Obama did respond well to the back-to-back killings, as well as to the attacks on Dallas police officers that followed. -- Julianne Malveaux
We are very grateful for the vital contributions Germany has made to this fight, training local forces in Iraq, sharing intelligence providing reconnaissance aircraft including the recent deployment of additional NATO AWACS. -- Barack Obama
For years, we have been asking the E.U. to create something similar to the Russia-NATO council. Not in order to simply exchange opinions and work out recommendations, but to make decisions. -- Sergei Lavrov
When we look at how, constitutionally, only Congress can declare war, and that is routinely ignored. Not NATO or the UN, but Congress has to authorize these endless wars, and it isn't. -- Edward Snowden
I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that's important in the UK national interest and I believe it's important in the US national interest -- Theresa May
I don't want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where it's everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity. -- Segolene Royal
Turkey's NATO membership is one thing that is forestalling the worst-case scenario - open conflict between Russia and Turkey - because neither Moscow nor the West wants a Russian NATO conflict to erupt. -- Peter Kenyon

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