142 Quotes by Samantha Power

The ugly political winds in the United States contrasted sharply with the earnest gravity of the occasion. Donald Trump had launched his campaign for president on a platform that blatantly stoked fear about immigrants and refugees, falsely depicting them as criminals and terrorists who were cannily masquerading as persecuted civilians.

The United Staes had never in its history intervened to stop genocide and had in fact rarely even made a point of condemning it as it occurred,

History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach earlier than many of his colleagues. Yet in public, he continued to defend the war.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.

Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space.