A Quote by James G. Stavridis

In the 20th century, we built a lot of walls - we endlessly tried to build walls between us and people we perceived, correctly or incorrect, as our enemies. In the 21st century, because of the advent of networks, the free movement of goods and people across the globe, we need to build security by building bridges instead of building walls.

James G. Stavridis

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James G. Stavridis
American - Educator
Born: February 15, 1955

Walls don't work. ... Instead of building walls to create security, we need to build bridges.

James G. Stavridis

We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. And that defines who we are. We are South Africans, and we do not subscribe to the building of walls.

Cyril Ramaphosa

In the 21st century, we can't create security by building walls.

James G. Stavridis

We have to Build Bridges of Peace Instead of building Walls of Wars.

Widad Akrawi

What I do is the opposite of building walls. I build bridges. A bridge is something that connects instead of separating.

Santiago Calatrava

You don't build walls; you build bridges between people.

Andrew Cuomo

At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.

Gretchen Whitmer

We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.

Vicente Fox

Be the kind of person you would like to be with. Some people come into our lives, make footprints on our hearts and we are never the same. People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

Joseph Fort Newton

Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

Vicente Fox

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

Eric Swalwell

With stones, you can build walls to separate people or build bridges to unite them.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Isn't it strange that ... people build walls to keep an enemy out, and there's only one part of the world and one philosophy where they have to build walls to keep their people in

Ronald Reagan

Sometimes you build up these walls, you build and you build and you build up these walls and you think they’re so strong, but then someone can come along and tip them over with only his fingers, or the weight of his breath.