Ehud Olmert Quotes

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history.

A superpower does not have to be the bully on the block.

Power is the true reserve currency in international affairs.

The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it.

With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.

The prestige of a nation is its reputation for power.

A nation is a superpower not just because of its military strength.

A superpower, however, is only as good as the forces through which it exercises that power.

Britain’s governments in the 1920s again and again found themselves confronting the painful fact that the United States was a power unlike any other. It had emerged, quite suddenly, as a novel kind of ‘super-state’, exercising a veto over the financial and security concerns of the other major states of the world”.

Who does he think the fucking superpower is?

American influence in the world depends on the ability to act with real capacity and set an example that others will want to follow. This all takes resources.

America is a world leader, one that gives guidance to others.

We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It's only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort.

America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian.

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table.

I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.

The more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence.

Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make.

The United States influences government and life everywhere else.

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.'

Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.