51 Quotes by Michael Mandelbaum

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.

The American political system is so porous, it’s so open, it’s so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

In my experience, it’s not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows.

The United States doesn’t do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world’s government.

The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America’s past success are still here to be tapped.

Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.'