29 Quotes by Robert Kagan

The international perception of the U.S. leadership is hobbled, ... The assumption is, the president is weak. And this has a direct and immediate impact on the way other countries deal with us.

How long that will last is another question because if they become more and more secure, they may, in fact, become more like West Europe.

Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.

In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.

It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age is that they are wrong.

Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.