America Quote by David Frum

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness…

— George W. Bush

Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American…

— Matthew Yglesias

We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an empire puts…

— Howard Zinn

I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk.

— Kenneth Adelman

The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.

— Michael Mandelbaum

So what if America loses its empire? We never should have had one in the first place.

— John Rzeznik

It certainly would be possible for America to redefine its role in the world, especially if, in the short run, America is able to…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people…

— Barack Obama

The removal of Saddam Hussein and his replacement by someone beholden to the United States is a key part of a broader United States…

— Michael Klare

The American empire should be destroyed.

— Aleksandr Dugin

We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.

— Judd Gregg

Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we…

— Norman Schwarzkopf