Samantha Power Quotes

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• I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer… American
• It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter. Alter
• Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable. Investing
• I'm going to Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission. I feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do… Agree
• Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence. Acquiescence
• What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid. Avoid
• Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now. Cannot Come
• I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending… Better
• I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. Cornerstone
• American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term. American
• Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment. Anybody
• Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places. Broken
• Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism. Altruism
• Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability. Averse
• Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same. Engaging
• Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise. Amoral
• Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere. Abuse
• I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do. Believe
• I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document. Constitution
• If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned. Everyone

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