Us Role Quotes

Obama really does recognize the threats that are out there; I think he understands the world. He understands the role of America in that troubled world.

The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president.

It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.

The United States' job is not to police the whole world.

I do believe American leadership in the world matters, that we can't just disengage from the world.

We have come so far. It's become a real bipartisan cause, which I'm very happy to see. And in the case of America, and it's - certainly, without America, we'd be facing catastrophe.

[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don't have to interfere in any other country. Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that's why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That's the problem with the American role.

As the U.S., the world is questioning why not end it, and so if, in fact, we were to pull out, the world would definitely question why we did this to begin with. But I still believe the world would call upon us for help if they needed it.

I think that it's very important to have the United States' engagement in many situations we have around the world, be it in Syria, be it in the African context. The United States represents an important set of values, human rights, values related to freedom, to democracy. And so the foreign policy engagement of the United States is a very important guarantee that those values can be properly pursued.

So 2000 to 2008 probably is the last time we had leadership in Washington with any power which had the belief that America is the solution to problems in the world/ America always has been. We've got some things wrong but our motivations and interests have always been aboveboard.

We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

There is no way that any major international problem anywhere in the world can be solved efficiently with the United States sitting on the sideline.

What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe that's the case at all. I think we're the strongest force for democracy and for stability on earth, and we must have a strong capacity to perform that role.

Now, do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely, there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty.

The United States is the single greatest force for good in the world

The United States should serve as a weight, not the weight on the scale of foreign affairs.

Beyond combating global warming and supporting domestic business interests, remaining a part of the Paris Agreement has clear benefits to the U.S. at large. Nations such as China and India are already eyeing an opportunity to take over America's role as the world leader on this issue.

I think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.

I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor.

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

[The Republicans] looked at basically the failed wars and they said, oh, this, us being the policeman of the world, that is not working.

I think that America is the glue that holds the world together.

I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems.