142 Quotes by Samantha Power

There is a convergence of crises that makes it challenging to keep the world’s attention.

We decide, on issues large and small, whether we will be bystanders or upstanders.

I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I’m a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.

People who care, act, and refuse to give up may not change THE world, but they can change many individual worlds.

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.

To paraphrase Walter Laqueur, a pioneer in the study of the Allies’ response to the Holocaust, although many people thought that the Jews were no longer alive, they did not necessarily believe they were dead.18.

I believed that the most important part of decision-making was not the justness of one’s intentions but the effectiveness of one’s actions.

To this day, when I hear people judge students on the basis of their test scores, I think of my sleep-deprived African-American classmates as we geared up to take English or math tests together. We may have been equal before God, but I had three more hours of sleep, vastly more time to prepare, and many more resources at my disposal than those who were part of the busing program.

There are times when the best medication and therapist simply can’t help a soldier suffering from this new generation of peacekeeping injury. The anger, the rage, the hurt, and the cold loneliness that separates you from your family, friends, and society’s normal daily routine are so powerful that the option of destroying yourself is both real and attractive.