Joan Cusack Quotes

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

The world wants to like America.

I think it is important to help our country's image outside of Spain.

With someone like Barack Obama, I think the whole America, the whole world will coalesce. Every election is about change, and change takes a long time because there are big issues that can't be changed overnight. But the one thing that will change dramatically is how we're viewed around the world. Once Obama is in there, the world will view Americans in an entirely different light. And that, to me, is a good thing.

Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent.

I hope Mr. Obama has success.

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain.

I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.

Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.

America had one idea attached to its brand. We presented ourselves as the world's last superpower. And that was the world's worst branding idea.

The United States need not worry about hearts and minds in foreign lands.

The war in Afghanistan is not of a peace with the rest of Obama's worldview. It's a holdover from the era that his election was supposed to bring to a close.

Barack Obama wants to change America. Barack Obama wants America to be more like the rest of the world. We don't want to be like the rest of the world. We want to be the United States of America.

I helped to restore America's leadership.

America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship.

On foreign policy, Obama has talked softly and carried a big stick.

It's a strong country, but Mr. Obama seems to be doing everything he can to hold it back.

I do think it's fair to say that there are times when President Obama has not been engaged enough with the Middle East.

Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.

Obama's foreign policy has three parts: Abandon our allies, appease our enemies, and apologize for America.

The heartfelt sympathy and friendship offered to America after the 9/11 attacks, even from formerly antagonistic regimes, has been largely dissipated; increasingly unilateral and domineering policies have brought international trust in our country to its lowest level in memory.

Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.

Now, the people that helped get Obama elected, who think Israel is a good idea, need to wake up and tell him they're our friends, let's preserve them. And then it would happen. Because that's the only kind of thing he responds to. But he throws our friends under the bus and rewards our enemies.