Eric McCormack Quotes

Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history.

We live in a global village. No country can live in isolation of others like Robinson Crusoe.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.

In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.

I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.

The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

We're now married to the world. But we keep acting like we're on a big date.

We live in an interdependent world. We depend on one another for prosperity.

The world is getting smaller and smaller every day. We cannot find ourselves dependent on somebody who is untrustworthy.

We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.

I know how inter-dependent the world is.

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.

What, then, unites nations? Interest and sentiment.

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

[Commenting on Japan:] Our destinies have become inseparable .... Our future together will have much to do with the future of the world.

Internationalism protects the sovereignty of my country

In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers.

For weal or for woe, the peoples of mankind are knit together far closer than ever before..

It's hard to envision a future of the United States of America that does not include Mexico.

Let us mingle with other nations as one of them and not stand as one apart. Let us seek their friendship not their hate.

The United States … has never been isolated, never can be isolated, and has no desire to be isolated. The people of the United States are not only ready but willing and desirous to help their fellow-men, especially those of western civilization, in any way that is possible.

Nowhere on this planet today is there an impregnable fortress, a continent or island so distant that it can ignore all the outer world.

In an interdependent world …, the idea that American can have of the blessings of globalization but none of the burdens doesn’t add up.