American power made it possible for Europeans to believe…

Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like…

— Carl Andre

Europeans still believe that working is for living. Americans often have that the other way around.

— Christoph Waltz

Europeans believe in democracy - or, at least, in republican government - but they have considered the alternatives, and continue to do so, and…

— William Pfaff

We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they can afford…

— Yoweri Museveni

“Europeans believe that culture is something they can grasp and touch because, for them, culture is comprised of objects, or remnants of objects, and…

— László Krasznahorkai

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.

— Ian Bremmer

I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an…

— Daniel Fried

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

— William Kristol

“The Internet has long been heralded as an unprecedented instrument of democratization and liberalization, even emancipation. But in the eyes of the US government,…

— Glenn Greenwald

The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's engagement in…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through…

— Walter Russell Mead

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and…

— Barack Obama

American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going…

— Robert Fisk

If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution…

— John Bolton

“The biggest threat to American power in the long run is the persistent decline in its middle class standard of living today.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour