What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the…

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.

— Jerzy Kosinski

My childhood overseas instilled in me an appreciation for foreign languages and cultures, but also a deep understanding of the vital role of American…

— Gina Haspel

The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed…

— Jimmy Carter

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