First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies.
Michael MandelbaumLet me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.
Michael MandelbaumInequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate.
Michael MandelbaumAmerican foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.
Michael Mandelbaum