“Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.” WorldFirstsStatesAmericaCommunityUnitedUnited StatesCenturyJapanUnited States Of AmericaTreatiesAmityConcluding Author:Shigeru Yoshida
“One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president and it's set out expressly in the Constitution is that the president is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and that means the Constitution. It means statutes. It means treaties. It means all of the laws of the United States.” MeanStatesCareLawPresidentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesConstitutionTake CareSolemnTreatiesStatutes Author:Samuel Alito
“Nobody is going to give away the farm in Kyoto. It is not anybody's to give away. And even if the United States Senate would actually ratify a bad treaty, anything called for under the treaty would require legislation passed through both houses.” IfsGivingStatesHouseUnitedUnited StatesFarmsSenateLegislationTreatiesKyotoKyoto Protocol Author:Thomas Schelling
“I want a president who'll look out for American interests. Every treaty we sign has a provision that a president of the United States, if he or she concludes that it's no longer in the interest of the country should step back from it.” IfsWantShouldLooksCountryStatesPresidentInterestUnitedStepsUnited StatesProvisionTreaties Author:Lindsey Graham
“It is the foremost responsibility of the United States, having been the predominant nuclear power, to take the lead in scaling this back and making good on its signed and sealed and ratified obligation in Article 6 of the non-proliferation treaty going back to '68 to eliminate this nuclear arsenal. That's a serious international obligation.” StatesUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSeriousInternationalNuclearObligationArticlesTreatiesArsenalNuclear PowerProliferationLead InProliferation Treaty Author:George Lee Butler
“If passed by the U.N. and ratified by the U.S. Senate, the U.N. Small Arms Treaty would almost certainly force the United States to... create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation.” IfsStatesForceUnitedUnited StatesStageArmsGunInternationalScalesSettingSettingsSenateTreaties Author:Paul Broun
“For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was to work towards disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, is something that manifestly serves our national security interests.” StatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesSecurityWeaponsNuclearObligationNuclear WeaponsNational SecurityTreatiesDisarmamentEliminationProliferationNuclear DisarmamentNuclear ProliferationProliferation Treaty Author:Susan Rice
“I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDefenseOccasionsMutualInvitedPresident BushTreaties50th Anniversary Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection as well: that led them to request the creation of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which committed the United States for the first time ever to the peacetime defense of Western Europe.” FirstsWellsStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryEventsCreationNeededFirst TimeEuropeOrganizationWesternCommittedProtectionDefenseConvincedAssistanceRequestBerlinTreatiesWestern EuropePragueBlockades Author:John Lewis
“The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.” WorldMatterStatesPeaceUnitedUnited StatesSecurityEmptyFidelityTreatiesPillars Author:Dean Rusk
“The problem was that Panama technically belonged to Colombia, which refused to sign a treaty leasing it to the United States. So Roosevelt sent a gunboat filled with marines down to Panama, just on the off chance that a revolution might suddenly break out, and darned if one didn't, two days later. Not only that, but the leaders of the new nation of Panama-talk about lucky breaks!-were absolutely thrilled to have the United States build a canal there. 'Really, it's our pleasure,' they told the marines, adding, 'Don't shoot.'” IfsTwoStatesProblemMightNationsChancePleasureUnitedLeaderBreakUnited StatesRevolutionLuckyFilledMarineTreatiesTwo DaysBreak OutColombiaCanalsPanamaLucky Breaks Book:Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States Source: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States