Boris Johnson Quotes

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.

NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves.

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.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond.

The only thing wrong with NATO is that we don't belong to it.

The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.

The U.S.-E.U. partnership is indispensable to ensuring a Europe whole, free, and at peace.

The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europe's current institutional infrastructure.

With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

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.

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

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.

I will work for Bulgaria's strategic choice - Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and NATO. I think it is also extremely important to revive Bulgaria's relations with Russia, Ukraine and other strategic partners.

A strong Germany is an indispensable condition for a durable peace in Europe.

The lesson of this century is that Europe will only be peaceful if the Americans are on this continent.

History asks of us that we never act unilaterally, never alone, but only within the alliances of NATO, the United Nations and the European Union as it is clearly specified in international law

Pan-European security is a dream..

Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia.

The role that I played in Ukraine ended up resulting in Ukraine becoming part of the European community.

During the 20th century, the greatest danger to European stability was Germany's sense of its special destiny. During the 21st century, the greatest danger to European stability is Germany's reluctance to accept its special destiny.

A stronger E.U. of defence makes NATO stronger.

From Nato to the U.N. and the E.U., the generation that lived through the first half of the 20th century knew they needed to create a new world order. An order with rules and institutions which, however imperfect, could act both as constraints on individual countries going rogue and as catalysts for co-operation for mutual benefit.

We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation.