alliance quotes

Alliance, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.

-Washington, BookerTaliaferro
  Farewell address to the union,17 Sep.

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