“Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them.” PeopleIfsWorldDoneGovernmentActionAmericaFacesCertainNamesResponsibilityDemocracyEffectsTaxesAuthorityVoteUltimateSilentFinanceAround The WorldOfficialsEmpoweringPassiveAcquiescence Book:The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World Source: The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World
“The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, .. I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldCountryStatesValuesIndividualNationsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsEconomicDrawsMen And WomenEducatedAround The WorldIndividual RightsEconomic FreedomValue Systems Author:Colin Powell
“Look at all of the great strengths of America: entrepreneurialship, work ethic, natural resources, a democracy, a transparency, a willingness to be critical. Around the world, they look at us, and they say, "Why are you criticizing yourself? Why are you people arguing during the political process to elect a president or somebody else?" That's the great strength of this country.” PeopleWorldLooksCountryAmericaPoliticalProcessPresidentNaturalDemocracyEthicsResourcesCriticalArguingAround The WorldWillingnessCriticizeWork EthicTransparencyNatural Resources Author:Michael Bloomberg
“On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting in a certain way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayDoeCountryCertainDemocracyMetsAround The WorldVotingIntimidated Author:Ross Kemp
“The essence of what exists in the U.S. is not democracy but capitalism - imperialism. What the U.S. spreads around the world is not democracy, but imperialism and political structures to enforce that imperialism.” WorldPoliticalDemocracyCapitalismEssenceStructureSpreadAround The WorldImperialism Author:Bob Avakian
“I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror - and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure.” PeopleWorldWarEndsWinningDemocracyTerrorBritishTyrannySecureAround The WorldWar On TerrorWe Will Win Author:Doc Hastings
“America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world. We have friends with whom we share values in Europe and Asia - thanks to the forward march of democracy - in Latin America, in Africa, and increasingly in the Middle East.” WorldNeedsDoneAmericaValuesDemocracyShareMiddleEuropeEastThanksAround The WorldMarchLatinMiddle EastGood FriendAsiaLatin AmericaFriend In Need Author:Condoleezza Rice
“We salute our veterans of Pearl Harbor and World War II, whose sacrifices saved democracy during a dark hour. In their memory, a new generation of our Armed Forces goes forward against new enemies in a new era. Once again, we pledge to defend freedom, secure our homeland, and advance peace around the world. Americans have been tested before, and our Nation will triumph again.” WorldHas BeensWarForceNationsHoursMemoriesDarkEnemyDemocracyGenerationsSacrificeSavedSecureAround The WorldErasTriumphWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IPearlsVeteranTestedHarborsPledgeHomelandNew GenerationArmed ForcesSaluteNew EraOur VeteransDark Hours Author:George W. Bush
“We will have to work around the world with less than ideal governments. The government in Saudi Arabia is not a democracy, but we will have to work with them. The government in Jordan is not perfect, but we will have to work with them. But anti-American dictators like [Bashar] Assad, who help Hezbollah, who helped get those IEDs into Iraq, if they go, I will not shed a tear.” IfsWorldHelpingGovernmentPerfectDemocracyTearsIdealsIraqAround The WorldShedDictatorNot PerfectJordanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisAssadHezbollahAnti-american Author:Marco Rubio
“The Orange Revolution was a powerful example of democracy around the world. The people of Ukraine are continuing to shape their own future.” PeopleWorldPowerfulDemocracyExampleRevolutionShapesAround The WorldContinuingOrangeUkraine Author:Scott McClellan
“How do you have a democratic empire, how do you have an imperial foreign policy built on a democracy polity. It's like some sort of strange mythical beast that's part lion, part dragon. You know at the bottom is a democracy, and then it's an imperial power around the world.” KnowsWorldDemocracyPolicyStrangeBuiltDemocraticBottomAround The WorldBeastEmpiresDragonsLionsForeign PolicyMythical Beasts Author:Mark Danner
“The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use its power around the world, it's something that democracies tend to be quite skeptical about.” WorldUseProblemAbilityDemocracyAround The WorldEmpiresStayingWillingnessSkepticalRuthlessnessStaying Power Author:Mark Danner
“I care deeply about women's rights. I have been an outspoken advocate for them for many years and as secretary of state I carried that message around the world because empowering women, providing for women's rights, their full participation in society, politics, the economy is not only a matter of individuals being able to chart their own futures. It's good for democracy and it's good for peace and prosperity.” WorldYearsHas BeensMatterStatesCareAbleIndividualEconomyDemocracyRightsMessagesProsperityAround The WorldEmpoweringProvidingWomens RightsSecretaryI CareParticipationEmpowering WomenOutspoken Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think we need to be a superpower of human rights, of support for true grassroots democracy, not corporatist economic development, which suits our economic elite but has not been helpful to the cause of democracies around the world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsHumansCausesSupportDemocracyRightsEconomicDevelopmentHuman RightsSuitsAround The WorldHelpfulElitesSuperpowerEconomic DevelopmentGrassroots Author:Jill Stein
“Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice.” IfsWorldHas BeensPracticeDemocracyTheoryAcceptedAround The WorldCommunismFascismDemocracies HaveLiberal Democracy Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share; our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people in our own countries and around the world.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesLawValuesFallUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyShareWallCommitmentEuropeDignityEndureAround The WorldRootedRemindersBerlinRule Of LawBerlin Wall Author:Barack Obama
“I really think we were charting a course to having a more sane response to mass incarceration, to drug use, and to understanding that the war on drugs has resulted only in the empowerment of vast criminal enterprises and the destruction of democracies around the world. And all that is coming to a miserable, horrific halt.” ThinkingWorldWarUseCoursesUnderstandingDemocracyDrugMassEmpowermentDestructionResponseCriminalsAround The WorldMiserableEnterpriseSaneHaltWar On DrugsHorrificIncarcerationDrug UseMass IncarcerationCharting Author:Ayelet Waldman