Ro Khanna Quotes
We should treat other countries the way we want to be treated.
Khanna, Ro. "Statement on Foreign Policy." Congressman Ro Khanna, United States House of Representatives, 2019.
At the time, Fascist Germany and Japan were aggressively attacking other nations who were trying to mobilize to stop their Fascist ideas of world domination. In America, unlike after WWII, many of the Republican Party Leaders were then isolationists and were adamant that we should not expand our military capability. They wanted to spend no more money on defense. ER and her husband wanted to increase defense spending to increase our military readiness and provide arms to England, China and others who were trying to defend against the Axis. They were castigated as ‘War Mongers’ by the isolationists. ER went to the people to explain that without spending on military strength, there would be no peace. Ironically, the conservative forces who criticized Mrs. Roosevelt as a war monger for building up our military, after WWII when the Cold War began, they criticized her for not being enough of a hawk and not sufficiently supporting the military and aggressive foreign policies.
This is one of the earliest versions of the Golden Rule. Mytilene had been at war with Athens. Pittacus suggested that instead of the armies fighting, the war should be decided by a battle between him and the Athenian General who accepted. Pittacus won and was the Ruler of Athens, where he became quite popular. He wrote all his laws and decrees in poetry. He resigned after 10 years. He was considered one of the 7 great Greek Sages.
Rohit Khanna is an American politician, lawyer, and academic serving as the U.S. Representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated eight-term incumbent Democratic Representative Mike Honda in the general election on November 8, 2016, after first running for the same seat in 2014. Khanna also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from August 8, 2009, to August 2011.