20th century Quote by Noam Chomsky

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

— Robert M. Gates

When E.U. governments are able to agree on political and economic policies, they will remain a superpower to influence the Americans, the Russians, Indians…

— Kenneth Clarke

Our ambitions as a country in the mid-20th century reflected the global dynamics in a post-World War 2 international order.

— Michael Waltz

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they…

— Neil Sheehan

“After the British victory against Napoleon, Britain was indisputably the leading global power. The British Empire expanded significantly toward Asia, driven by the advances…

— Charles River Editors

“World War II did more than usher in unparalleled prosperity for the United States. It transformed America's foreign relations. The war devastated the Axis…

— James T. Patterson

Much of the world today, including the United States, is still living in the social, cultural, and political aftermath of Britain's cultural achievements, its…

— Thomas Sowell

American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile…

— Rick Atkinson

The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads . . . the British Empire was dominant because it had ships. In…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

In the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, authoritarian movements swept the most powerful countries in the world, from Germany to Italy, Spain to Japan -…

— Colin Allred

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

The United States, working closely with the United Kingdom and others, established the liberal world order in the wake of World War II. The…

— Richard N. Haass