Samantha Power Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.”

“In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.”

“What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.”

“Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.”

“Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.”

“I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.”

“International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.”

“As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.”

“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.”

“When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.”