Mitch McConnell Quotes

The goal of this Nation, I so strongly believe, is to be a preeminent world power. We have to understand what comes with that: The responsibility to be strong.

America is different. It irks and domineers. But it does not conquer. It tries to call the shots and bend the rules, but it does not go to war for land and glory.

America remains the indispensable nation. There are times when America, and only America, can make a difference between war and peace, between freedom and repression.

America must always lead on the world stage.

Unlike President Obama, I would say that I support the long-standing bipartisan post-war belief that American global strength and leadership secures our national-security interests, and it also promotes order and stability in the world. And it gives us immense influence in the world and deters our adversaries and reassures our allies.

American influence in the world depends on the ability to act with real capacity and set an example that others will want to follow. This all takes resources.

The United States is and will continue to be the most important country in the world, economically, militarily, intellectually. There's nothing that four years of Trump can do to stop that. What it is no longer, during the Trump years, is the leading source for better governmental arrangements between countries.

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.

Seven-and-a-half years of the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has weakened America's place in the world and it has emboldened the enemies of our freedom.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table.

The United States has far more to offer the world than our bombs and missiles and our military technology.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

The world needs a strong America.

A nation is a superpower not just because of its military strength.

Only a United States that is strong and immensely productive can help defend freedom in our world

Never before has the gap between American power and its legitimacy been so great.

Making the case for sustained U. S. [world] leadership is not always easy. Unilateralism or isolationism often make for better sound bites.

There is no substitute - none - for American power.

What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe that's the case at all. I think we're the strongest force for democracy and for stability on earth, and we must have a strong capacity to perform that role.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism.

U.S. foreign aid must be used more strategically to achieve our national security goals.

We can't take our ball and go home when the consequences mean a weaker America.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America.