Samantha Power Quotes

I Got Into Journalism Not To Be A Journalist But To Try To Change American Foreign Policy. I'm A Corny Person. I Was A Dreamer Predating My Journalistic Life, So I Got Into Journalism As A Means To Try To Change The World.

I Happen To Miss The Constitution; I Thought It Was A Good Document.

When It Came To The Vietnam War, Mr. Mcnamara Was An Early Advocate Of Escalation But Came To Realize The Flaws In The American Approach Earlier Than Many Of His Colleagues. Yet In Public, He Continued To Defend The War.

Over The Years, Western Governments Have Been Criticized For Working With Foreign Police Who Have Proved Abusive Or Corrupt.

President Reagan, Of Course, Did More Than Any Other Person To Entrench The Republican Reputation For Toughness On National Security.

The Story Of U.s. Policy During The Genocide In Rwanda Is Not A Story Of Willful Complicity With Evil. U.s. Officials Did Not Sit Around And Conspire To Allow Genocide To Happen.

No More Than A Surgeon Can Operate While Tweeting Can You Reach Your Potential With One Ear In, One Ear Out. You Actually Have To Reacquaint Yourself With Concentration. We All Do.

Engaging Iran Won't Guarantee Improved U.s.-iranian Relations Or A More Stable Gulf Region. But Not Engaging Means More Of The Same.

As Even A Democracy Like The United States Has Shown, Waging War Can Benefit A Leader In Several Ways: It Can Rally Citizens Around The Flag, It Can Distract Them From Bleak Economic Times, And It Can Enrich A Country's Elites.

Re-examining Our Reasoning Is Not Something That Has Come Naturally To American Statesmen.

We Know That Often Holding Those Who Have Carried Out Mass Atrocities Accountable Is At Times Our Best Tool To Prevent Future Atrocities.

Democracies Are Expense-averse And They Think In Terms Of Short-term, Political Interests Rather Than A Long-term Interest In Stability.