Mitt Romney Quotes

Before the Iraq war I was quite disturbed by some of the neoconservatives, who were saying things like, "What is the point of being a superpower if you can't do such-and-such, take on these responsibilities?" The point of being a superpower is that people will leave you alone.

I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we underestimate our power when we restrict it to just our military power. We shortchange our influence and our ability to shape events when that's the only tool we think we have in the toolbox.

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

America has never gotten in a war because we were too strong.

America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism.

People don't question American power. What people need to be convinced of is American will.

American leadership is essential.

Why do people like America? They say, well, you have the largest military in the world. Because you have more people, et cetera. They like America for what we stand for. And one of the things, and I feel proud to be, what this president's for, the last seven years, is we have once again aligned our basic fundamental beliefs and principles with our conduct. And it matters. It matters in terms of our security. It matters in terms of our ability to influence the world. It matters in our ability to succeed.

America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in.

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.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

I look around the world, I don't see America's influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding, in part because of the failure of Barack Obama to deal with our economic challenges at home; in part because of our withdrawal from our commitment to our military in the way I think it ought to be; in part because of the turmoil with Israel.

Only a strong America can guarantee a peaceful world.

My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.

Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so.

The world needs a strong America.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

Americans tend to see U.S. primacy as beneficial to both their country and the rest of the world.

For the 30 years I have been involved with U. S. national security, our policy has been shaped by the assumption that we could shape other countries’ policies throughout the world. This has always been a bit of a myth.

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.

If the United States disengages from many issues confronting the international community it will be replaced.

Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

There is no substitute - none - for American power.

There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.