As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something like 500… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African features. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
There is a fair amount of competition, obviously, with ISIL and the terrorist networks around the world, China also posing a different kind of… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that I could… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I tell young people: If you make a job choice on the basis of something other than your nose or your gut, it's unlikely to work out… It's perilous to look ahead and be like, "I'd like to be ambassador." I would never have gone to Bosnia or spent years writing about genocide. Do it on the basis of what… — Samantha Power Copy Share
I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
I have only so many foreign-language neurons. When I learned Spanish, that displaced whatever Irish was left, and then I learned German, and that displaced the Spanish, and when I learned Serbo-Croatian, that displaced the German. So I'm a bit of a muddle. — Samantha Power Copy Share
