“Alliances with other nations lead to bondage," Zechariah explained. "Joseph started out as Pharaoh's trusted advisor in Egypt, but later generations ended up as slaves. And wasn't it Ahaz's so-called alliance with Assyria that led to our present slavery?”
“Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.”
“power and alliance for them, slavery and conquest over us.”
“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none”
“At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder.At 8:24 the two nations were very close to war.”
“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”