Samantha Power Quotes

I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.

I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law.

Our government depends upon the rule of law.

The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.

Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

We have ceased to be a nation under law but instead a homeland where the withered Bill of Rights, like a dead trumpet vine, clings to our pseudo-Roman columns

We must bring the rule of law to its full fruition in the United States, and when we do, we will have achieved the goals and rhetoric of our Founding Fathers.

Undermining the rule of law is an assault on the government of the United States.

We're a country of rule of law, and rule of law doesn't move fast, especially in an entity as big the U.S. government.

America is a country of laws.

We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.

We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.

I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.

Yes, people need food and education. But one of the cornerstones of any society is a well-functioning legal system.

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.