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> [I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/i-think-most-americans-believe-that-although-it-s-better-not-to-use/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

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## More by Robert Kagan

> [International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/international-order-is-not-an-evolution-it-is-an-imposition-it-is-the/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/americans-are-from-mars-europeans-are-from-venus-they-agree-on-little/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/the-thing-that-i-would-say-is-that-u-s-power-is-not-eternal-i-am-not/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/if-a-caterpillar-doesn-t-know-its-future-has-wings-it-hardly/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/obviously-the-administration-intends-to-publicize-all-the-weapons-of/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [“Americans, in foreign policy, are torn to the point of schizophrenia. They are reluctant, than aggressive; asleep at the switch, then quick on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/americans-in-foreign-policy-are-torn-to-the-point-of-schizophrenia/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/under-our-constitution-military-leaders-have-no-choice-but-to-endorse/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [“Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/foreign-policy-is-like-hitting-a-baseball-if-you-fail-70-percent-of/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/based-on-all-criteria-military-power-economic-influence-cultural/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/it-is-true-that-i-have-known-straussians-almost-all-my-life-and-the/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/i-believe-it-is-still-true-that-conflicts-among-major-powers-usually/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/well-i-think-he-s-right-to-notice-that-there-is-a-difference-in/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails. But nations without great military power face the opposite danger: When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/when-you-have-a-hammer-all-problems-start-to-look-like-nails-but/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/i-left-russia-in-1993-optimistic-that-democracy-had-taken-hold/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

> [When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kagan/when-you-have-a-hammer-all-problems-start-to-look-like-nails/)

[Robert Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kagan/)

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