Hastings Ismay Quote

NATO exists for three reasons—to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down.


To a group of British Conservative backbenchers in 1949; Peter Hennessy Never Again (1992)


NATO exists for three reasons—to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down.

NATO exists for three reasons—to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down.

NATO exists for three reasons—to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down.

NATO exists for three reasons—to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down.