America Quote by J. William Fulbright

The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are…

— George F. Kennan

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must…

— Nelson Rockefeller

America is providing the kind of leadership that the world respects and the world has come to understand; that is what America stands for.

— Saxby Chambliss

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American…

— Anonymous

America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people…

— Jesse Helms

I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly.

— Anonymous

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

Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be…

— Jimmy Doolittle

America wants its respect.

— Tupac Shakur

America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're…

— P. J. O'Rourke

... America is the greatest humiliator in existence. It is always cultivating the power you get from humiliating others.

— Anais Nin

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.

— Howard Zinn