We don't have to kind of be in cycles of conflict if we can find other ways to resolve these issues. We… — Ben Rhodes Conflict Copy Share Image
What people admire about Prime Minister Modi is that he is an ambitious leader who is trying to elevate India economically, and… — Ben Rhodes Admire Copy Share Image
The complete lack of governance in huge swaths of the Middle East - that is the project of the American establishment. — Ben Rhodes American Copy Share Image
For more than fifty years, Americans and Cubans have been isolated from one another even though Cuba is only 90 miles away… — Ben Rhodes Cuba Copy Share Image
Increased remittances to Cuba from the United States has helped Cuban families. — Ben Rhodes Cuba Copy Share Image
In China, you just don't have the space for civil society and independent discourse and free media that you do in India.… — Ben Rhodes Civil society Copy Share Image
I profoundly do not believe that the United States could make things better in Syria by being there. And we have an… — Ben Rhodes Being Copy Share Image
I had the Secret Service actually patrolling my block at some point. I didn't sign up for that. I went to work… — Ben Rhodes Barack obama Copy Share Image
There are very few things I've ever been a part of that I believe in more than the Iran deal, and everything… — Ben Rhodes Believe Copy Share Image
One of the things you learn in government is there's a long tail to American decision-making when it comes to foreign policy.… — Ben Rhodes Government Copy Share Image
Talking and diplomacy is often seen as a concession in America, in a way that it is not in other places. — Ben Rhodes America Copy Share Image
If you are a speechwriter, you have to know what the person you're writing for thinks. A lot of foreign policy advisers… — Ben Rhodes Communication Copy Share Image
While President Obama raised the hopes of Americans and Cubans alike with a forward-looking opening in diplomatic, commercial and people-to-people ties, President… — Ben Rhodes Clock Copy Share Image
The TPP will be good for the American economy, the Vietnamese economy, and the labor and environmental standards that make life better… — Ben Rhodes Environmental Copy Share Image
Japan hosts more forward-deployed U.S. troops than any other country and serves as home port for our only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. In… — Ben Rhodes Country Copy Share Image
By heralding President Xi Jinping's accession to permanent leadership, soliciting Vladimir Putin's reentry into the Group of Seven, and declaring that Kim… — Ben Rhodes Behavior Copy Share Image
For many Americans, 'Vietnam' is a word associated with war and the extraordinarily complex history between our countries. But since normalization began,… — Ben Rhodes Being Copy Share Image
I was a relatively anonymous guy, and for whatever reason, I became one of the villains for the Right. — Ben Rhodes Anonymous Copy Share Image
U.S. leadership has been rooted not just in our own belief in American exceptionalism but in the faith of others around the… — Ben Rhodes American Copy Share Image
When it comes to Israel's security, our military and intelligence cooperation, that's off limits. That's protected. That's sacrosanct. — Ben Rhodes Cooperation Copy Share Image
To the developing world, Cuba has been a symbol of sovereignty and resistance and a supporter of revolution - for good or… — Ben Rhodes Bad Copy Share Image
