“America stakes a relatively modest claim to world history when compared to other nations. Perhaps this lack of historical longevity partially accounts for why each generation of Americans tends to define themselves based largely upon the flashbulb remembrances that took place during their lifetime. Despite the relative newness of The United States of America emergence as a great power, post-Vietnam Americans display no deeply entwined interest in their national heritage. The battle cries of the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the battle hymns of World War I and World War II seem like ancient relics in the springtime commencement of the digital age. Today’s consumerism society brazenly casted aside the legacy of its predecessors similar to how one would toss away a functionally obsolete toaster, bulky television set, or land phone when the newest and slimmest best thing comes along. It is a fundamental mistake to forget the embryonic stages of America. When a nation’s citizens respect the accomplishments of its ancestors, the populous feels spiritually rooted. Without a clear vision and a unified approach, America will never become the beacon of universal justice.” American HistoryAmerican CultureAmerican DemocracyAmerican HegemonyAmerican HeritageUniversal JusticeAmerican Decline Book:Dead Toad Scrolls Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from the very outset the nuclear issue has been secondary to the more strategic outlook, in which the United States has, since 1991, pursued a policy that it cannot permit any country in the region to become too powerful and challenge American hegemony.” ThinkingFeelsHas BeensCountryStatesChallengesUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesIssuesPolicyCapableIraqNuclearRegionsPermitVoidOutlookFillingPursuedStrategicHegemonyAmerican Hegemony Author:Trita Parsi
“I think it's perfectly possible for us to stay outside of power politics, or parliamentary politics, and speak about things like the American hegemony in the region or speak about the unjust war on terror that's been brought to our borders.” ThinkingWarSpeakTerrorBordersRegionsUnjustWar On TerrorHegemonyParliamentaryPower PoliticsUnjust WarAmerican Hegemony Author:Fatima Bhutto
“It can be said, truly said, that the Iraqi resistance is not just defending Iraq. They are defending all the Arabs and they are defending all the people of the world against American hegemony....It's not the Muslims who are sick. It's Bush and Blair and Berlusconi who are sick. It's not the Muslims who need to be cured. It's the imperialist countries that need to be cured.” PeopleWorldNeedsSaidCountrySickIraqResistanceBlairHegemonyBerlusconiAmerican Hegemony Author:George Galloway
“Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.” BelieveRealityAmericaI BelieveNatureHeroConsequenceObligationResistanceProtestDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceDetestHegemonyAmerican Hegemony Book:American Power and the New Mandarins Source: American Power and the New Mandarins
“I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.” BelieveMayWarI BelieveOilExpertsAnti WarNo WarHegemonyMoney PowerAmerican Hegemony Author:Dustin Hoffman
“What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?” WorldImportantWarEndsColdEuropeLiberationEmpiresSovietCollapseCold WarWorld HistoryTalibanMujahideenAmerican Hegemony Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.” WorldHas BeensUseEuropeConnectionsDollarsHegemonyAmerican Hegemony Author:Robert C. Solomon