Distorting Quote by Leon Jouhaux

Defying History and Theory: The United States as the 'Last Remaining Superpower,'

— Josef Joffe

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

— Robert M. Gates

In the past, a blow to the international system's strongest power would have been welcomed by its rivals. In the wake of September 11,…

— Michael Mandelbaum

Our American history reflects a long-standing tension between people and power. In fact, all government everywhere does. But our American form of government solved…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

If the U.S. became the undisputed superpower that it is today, it was primarily because of its technology, whether it is in transportation, agriculture,…

— N. R. Narayana Murthy

I think President George W. Bush contributed very directly to the fact that the status of America as the world's only superpower lasted for…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.

— Rick Perry

To call the American role in the world imperial was, for many who did so, a way of asserting that the United States was…

— Michael Mandelbaum

America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The separation of…

— Richard Allen Epstein

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

— Susan Rice

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

— Tony Blair