123 Quotes by Tom Malinowski

An American government that really wanted to stick it to the Chinese Communist Party would be reinforcing U.S. alliances in Asia, instead of threatening to withdraw troops from South Korea and Japan until they pay extortionate rates for U.S. bases.

An administration that really wanted to win an ideological contest with the Chinese Communist Party would stand up for human rights consistently, rather than calling journalists anywhere 'the enemy of the people.'

In America, we have holidays and monuments that celebrate heroes from our past, most of whom have legacies that are settled.

I've traveled the world, and I've seen how people marvel at the United States of America, at our democracy, at our ambition to build what so few countries have - a nation defined not by race or tribe or religion or place of birth but by an idea, that everyone is created equal.

Let's face it: much of what we truly value in life is rooted in our experience of repression and conflict.

With no guillotine, 'A Tale of Two Cities' would have been a travel guide.

We are a country where the ancestors of slaves and newcomers escaping tyranny and violence can rise to the highest positions in the land.

Perhaps we could do without tragedy in art - but what about comedy? Is it a coincidence that so many of the best American humorists have been Jewish and African-American?

It is utterly wrong for a president - any president - to shutter the government of the United States when he can't persuade the Congress and the American people to give him what he wants.