American Quote by Hillary Clinton

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to…

— Ed Royce

Simply put, we have to be smart about how we use our power. Not because we have less of it – indeed, the might…

— Hillary Clinton

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.

— William J. Clinton

Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We are desperately in need of the kind of smart diplomacy that has worked for America in the past. If you use force, it…

— Hillary Clinton

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

— William Kristol

America must always be the world's paramount military power, but we can magnify our power through alliances.

— John F. Kerry

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we…

— Barack Obama

The power paradox is that we gain power by advancing the welfare of other people and yet when we feel powerful, it turns us…

— Dacher Keltner

I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and…

— Condoleezza Rice

America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo.

— Hamza Yusuf