Superpower Quotes - Page 5

• We [the United States] are the world's only superpower right now, so everyone notices every bit of what we do or don't do.

  Michael Beschloss

  United States, World, Right Now

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• I believe the previous administration shrunk from some of our responsibilities as a superpower and made the world a more dangerous place.

  Michael McCaul

  Believe, Responsibility, World

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's only superpower, that our intelligence capabilities are critical to meeting these responsibilities, and that they themselves have relied on the information we obtain to protect their own people.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Responsibility, Nsa

  "Obama revamps U.S. surveillance" by Josh Gerstein and Reid J. Epstein, www.politico.com. January 17, 2014.

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• Barack Obama is president of a superpower and I'm a citizen of a small state.

  Vaclav Havel

  President, Citizens, States

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• I believe America will always win the war. It's a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Peace, Real, War

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• Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.

  Jon Stewart

  Hate, Santa, Santa Claus

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• So he's like a human compass? As far as superpowers go, that's pretty lame. You're like the Caster equivalent of Aquaman.

  Kami Garcia

  Lame, Compass, Humans

  Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (2010). “Beautiful Darkness”, p.118, Penguin UK

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• Obviously the whole Wayward thing hasn't been explained to you properly. You don't have any superpowers. You can't leap over tall buildings in a single bound or fight Dark Casters with your magic cat. Basically, you're a glorified tour guide who's no better equipped to face a bunch of Dark Casters than Mary P. over here -Ridley

  Kami Garcia

  Cat, Fighting, Dark

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• Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower.

  Carrie Vaughn

  Underestimate, Ability

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• Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.

  Maureen Johnson

  Students, Student Council, Type

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.20, Penguin

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• My alternative to American superpower is the UN and I might add when China becomes the worlds greatest superpower you will need it too.

  Tony Benn

  World

  Source: mattkennard.tumblr.com

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• While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an unlawful economic blockade by its banks and credit card companies and the detention of its editor. We have no debts. We have not had to fire staff. We have never lost a court case related to our publishing. We have never been forced to censor. Adversity has hardened us.

  Julian Assange

  Adversity, Loss, Fire

  "'We Believe in What We're Doing'". Interview with Michael Sontheimer, www.spiegel.de. September 30, 2016.

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• Russia is actively using gas diplomacy for its expansion over the ex-Soviet space in a bid to become a regional superpower.

  Lilia Shevtsova

  Russia, Space, Expansion

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• Over the last 10 years, India's perception has gone from being a beggar country to an economic superpower.

  Vivek Wadhwa

  Country, Years, Perception

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• If we drill the hell out of everything, including protected public lands and fragile regions like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America can emerge as an 'energy superpower.'

  Jeff Goodell

  Land, America, Wildlife

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• I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Persuading, Negotiating, I Can

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Before the Iraq war I was quite disturbed by some of the neoconservatives, who were saying things like, "What is the point of being a superpower if you can't do such-and-such, take on these responsibilities?" The point of being a superpower is that people will leave you alone.

  Thomas Sowell

  War, Responsibility, Iraq

  "Live: Thomas Sowell". Interview with David Isaac, www.aei.org. January 01, 2004.

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• The world is now unipolar and contains o­nly o­ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. In this context, given our common values and the political, economic and security interests that we share with the United States, there is now no more important foreign policy interest for Canada than maintaining the ability to exercise effective influence in Washington so as to advance unique Canadian policy objectives.

  Stephen Harper

  Exercise, Unique, Political

  "The New North Strong and Free". Canadian Alliance Defence Policy Paper, May 5, 2003.

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• There is no war on terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all.

  John Pilger

  War, Games, Differences

  "The great charade". www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2002.

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• It has been very humbling and gratifying to have these men as our role models. Your generation enabled America to close out the twentieth century as the greatest nation in the history of mankind, the only remaining superpower, the world's leading economy and the world's most respected and feared military force in the world - respected by our friends and allies, feared by our adversaries.

  Eric Shinseki

  Military, Men, America

  "Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States". Book by Bill Yenne, 2007.

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• The existence of such an [international Islamic] army rules out the superpowers' interference in disputes among Muslim countries.

  Mohsen Rezaee

  Country, Islamic, Army

  "International Islamic Army". Ettela'at, Tehran, August 7, 1991.

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• President Obama said that if he could have any superpower, he'd want the ability to speak any language. That's so everyone in the world could tell him he picked one of the lamest possible superpowers.

  Jimmy Fallon

  President, World, Want

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• Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.

  Nick Swardson

  Fun, Mean, Kids

  Source: collider.com

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• You become a superpower by being strong but also by being wise and by being farsighted. But no state is strong or wise enough to create a world order alone.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Wise, Strong, Order

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• The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."

  Tony Benn

  World

  "Former Labour MP Tony Benn on how Britain Secretly Helped Israel Build Its Nuclear Arsenal". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 10, 2006.

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