One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.

American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world.

In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.

The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.

People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

The world needs a strong America.