US Dominance, U.S. Dominance Quotes

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

After 9/11, the U.S. seemed vulnerable for the first time in a long time. We were no longer the superpower that no other country could touch. I thought, 'When and how did that dominance begin?'

America must always be the world's paramount military power

The problem started before World War I. The gold standard was working fairly well. But it broke down because of the war and what happened in the 1920s. And then the U.S. started to become so dominant in the world, with the dollar becoming the central currency after the 1930s, the whole world economy shifted.

Who does he think the fucking superpower is?

This will be the century of America.

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

The power that rules the Pacific ... is the power that rules the world. And, with the Philippines, that power is and will forever be the American Republic.

Putin wants nothing less than to return Russia to the center of global politics by challenging the primacy that the United States has enjoyed since the end of the Cold War.

I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

What the [James] Monroe Doctrine stated, in effect, is that the US should dominate the hemisphere.

NATO's essentially run by the United States.

For the past century or so that's [ Monroe Doctrine] actually been true, but it's declining very significantly.

In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

When America is stronger, the world is safer.

Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.

The U.S. efforts to impose its policies on others are expanding as a threat to all.

The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States.

Our servants (weaker nations) are becoming our masters. You have my word: As long as there is life in me, I will spend the rest of my days fighting to restore the lost sovereignty of the United States.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

Obviously China is clearly taking the lead in some areas, but when it comes to the most advanced innovation, it's still America.

Potentially, America is really the greatest, but it's not yet, I don't think. It's too much like an old-fashioned empire, waving the stick and dropping too many bombs on too many people.

Hegemony of the dollar.

The United States emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented absolute and relative power. It was truly first among unequals.

The global triumph of American technology has been predicated on the implicit separation between the business interests of Silicon Valley and the political interests of Washington.