Josef Joffe Quotes

There may be a limit beyond which many Americans and much of the world will not permit the United States to go.

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

American influence is not what it used to be.

Unilateralism will lead to the decline of American Power.

Americans do not recognize the effect of American power in the world. … People all over the world ask, “Why can’t Americans see how American power affects us?”

A superpower does not have to be the bully on the block.

There is no substitute for American leadership and exceptionalism.

We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It's only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort.

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.

Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead - they call us.

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 more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence.

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?

If the people are not convinced that the Free World is in mortal danger it would be impossible for Congress to vote the vast sums now being spent to avert danger. With the support of public opinion, as marshaled by the press, we are off to a good start. It is our Job --- yours and mine --- to keep our people convinced that the only way to keep disaster away from our shores is to build up America's might.

American power could and should be used for the defense of pluralism.

We were quite naïve about the use of American power.

Food is a weapon. Food is a ... tool in the kit of American diplomacy.

We must never allow America to become the second strongest nation I the world.

It is difficult for an American of today to realize that less than twenty-five years ago the United States was not taken seriously as a world power.

The United States is a nation different from all others. We are now powerful if we choose to exert our strength.

Russia is living proof that hard power is brittle without the other dimensions of great-power status.

There is no substitute - none - for American power.

America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department.

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.

My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.