Mohsin Hamid Quotes

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it.

People the world over now see democracy promotion as a dishonest, dangerous cover for the protection of U. S. power and influence.

The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders.

America is a world leader, one that gives guidance to others.

I'm not so sure the role of the United States is going around the world saying this is the way its gotta be.

America rules the world - by force.

I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity.

Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.'

There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.

The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.

I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.

The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.

It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

When two giants meet with each other, when there is too little room for them on the world's surface, they try to measure their strength in order to decide by war the debatable question of hegemony.

Those who say that America has to dominate the world, and that you either have to control everything or go home, don't understand the way power is projected.

There will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, balances of power ...

It’s not a dictatorship in the United States. But it is dictatorial to the rest of the world. Who’s going to say no?

The overall or political objective is to impose upon Russia the will of the United States and British Empire.

No nation has ever ridden to superpower status except on a tide of war and that includes the United States.

Unilateralism will lead to the decline of American Power.

In the United Nations, the United States can almost always get its way…. The United States has the ability to make the United Nations work or not work---if it cares enough.

Every time we oppose a sanction [internationally proposed], we lesson our influence.