US Credibility Quotes

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

A bombing was planned [in Syria], which would probably make the situation worse, but would at least establish US credibility.

No one places any trust in the words of the Americans.

You know what really makes this embarrassing? The other day the president said the leaders in Iraq are 'ready to take off the training wheels.' That's what he said, 'take off the training wheels.' Then he goes out and falls off his bicycle. And they wonder why the rest of the world doesn't take us seriously.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

The United States lost a bit of the moral high ground when it comes to warning the world of the danger of cyberattacks.

Credible reports came through that Syria had used chemical weapons. Whether it's true actually is still open to question, but it's very probably true. At that point, what was at stake was what is called credibility. So if you read the political actors, political leadership, foreign policy commentary, they constantly point out accurately that US credibility was at stake, and we have to maintain US credibility. So therefore something had to be done to show you can't violate our orders.

Frankly, we doubt the veracity and seriousness of the United States in regard to achieving results that would be acceptable to both sides in Geneva.