Samantha Power Quotes

Our government depends upon the rule of law.

I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.

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

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.

I'm a big fan of the rule of law.

We all want and need the rule of law to be upheld.

I think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore.

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

Freedom depends upon something. The rule of law.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

We are a country of laws. When you take that away, the consequences are enormous.

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

The rule of law, and the idea that it applies to everyone regardless of what office that person might hold, is the chief ingredient in our democracy.

No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.

We are a country based on the rule of law.

We rely on the rule of law. I think we've lost touch with that concept in Washington.

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

The United States and the European Union do want to have a rule of law, and that rule of law should be for a fair trial. And that fair trial needs to have an impartial jury.

If all of us work in accordance with rule of law, if rule of law is implemented, we are all safe, investors are safe, people will be safe.

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.

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

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

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.

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

Liberty regulated by law is the underlying principle of our institutions.