Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Quotes

We're not responsible for the domestic security of every one of our allies.

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.

The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This isn't just an issue for the U.S. and Japan. It has regional implications.

For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans.

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.

The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

The stationing of U. S. troops abroad on a permanent basis in foreign military installations is the kind of thing that should not be done without the approval of the Senate.

The Constitution doesn't follow the flag abroad.

England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.

American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.

Why don’t you ask us to grant you bases?

More and more countries, mostly all countries, do not want large American forces on their soil. That’s a reality. We can live in the denial of that, but we are also living in the reality of that.

We'll uphold our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.

I'm hugely delighted with the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Polish territory.

The alliance with the United States is and will always be the foundation of our diplomacy and national security.

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.

We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not allow us to develop the full range of our relations. Therefore, we will naturally strive to sign this treaty.

Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.

We are the only country who is an ally of the United States that never asked for American soldiers.

Any time someone says "that's it, I'm leaving" I ask them whether they'd prefer to live under US domestic policy, or US foreign policy. As bad as things get inside an empire, they're usually worse in the protectorates.

Germany will never break the peace of its own accord.

Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affair of Austria, to annex Austria, or to conclude an Anschluss

It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.

I don't think there is an implicit obligation for the United States to follow like a stupid mule whatever the Israelis do. If they decide to start a war, simply on the assumption that we will be automatically drawn into it, I think it is the obligation of friendship to say "you're not going to be making national decisions for us"