Best Samantha Power Quotes
- Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt. Abusive
- President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security. Any
- Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen. American
- Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs. Affair
- The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and… American
- The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights. Countries
- We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities. Accountable
- In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore. Al
- When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach… Advocate
- When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded… Arbitrarily
- I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up… Caught
- In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations. Absence
- Some anti-Americanism derives simply from our being a colossus that bestrides the earth. But much anti-Americanism derives from the role U.S. political, economic and military… Americanism
- On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in the context of… Abuse
- History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements… Aims
- America needs a sensible, sustainable Iran policy that can meet U.S. security and economic interests, command international support and withstand the shifting Middle Eastern sands. America
- Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities. The country has not yet suffered nationwide famine only because international donors… Cities
- The economic dynamic in Zimbabwe is perversely robust: while ordinary people suffer, black-market dealers and people with foreign bank accounts prosper, making them powerful stakeholders… Accounts
- When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths… Adult
- The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around… Allow
- When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about… Agencies
- 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… Decreased
- I worry about Zimbabweans. They bend, they bend, they bend, they bend - where do the people break? How long can they go on scrounging… Bend
- In many college classes, laptops depict split screens - notes from a class, and then a range of parallel stimulants: NBA playoff statistics on ESPN.com,… Class
- No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to… All