Samantha Power

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…

— Samantha Power

Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African…

— Samantha Power

There is a fair amount of competition, obviously, with ISIL and the terrorist networks around the world, China also posing a different…

— Samantha Power

All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an…

— Samantha Power

In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.

— Samantha Power

Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that…

— Samantha Power

I tell young people: If you make a job choice on the basis of something other than your nose or your gut,…

— Samantha Power

I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub.

— Samantha Power

When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.

— Samantha Power

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

— Samantha Power

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

I have only so many foreign-language neurons. When I learned Spanish, that displaced whatever Irish was left, and then I learned German,…

— Samantha Power

In many college classes, laptops depict split screens - notes from a class, and then a range of parallel stimulants: NBA playoff…

— Samantha Power

America needs a sensible, sustainable Iran policy that can meet U.S. security and economic interests, command international support and withstand the shifting…

— Samantha Power

The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.

— Samantha Power

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

— Samantha Power

India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.

— Samantha Power

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future…

— Samantha Power

President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't…

— Samantha Power

I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.

— Samantha Power

Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.

— Samantha Power

I get to be married to the liveliest mind I've ever encountered.... I hit the jackpot.

— Samantha Power

There's something beautiful about working in the one place in the world where the world is present, like United Nations. Otherwise, one…

— Samantha Power

We are responsible for our incredulity.

— Samantha Power

Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy.…

— Samantha Power