Superpower Quotes - Page 8

• The lessons are, unfortunately, that a small weak country that is facing an extremely hostile and very violent superpower will not make much progress unless there's a strong solidarity movement within the superpower that will restrain its actions. With more support within the United States, I think the Haitian efforts could have succeeded.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Strong, Thinking

  "Chomsky on Haiti". Interview with Keane Bhatt, www.counterpunch.org. March 9, 2010.

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• Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.

  William Kristol

  Country, Order, Iraq

  "A conversation with Lawrence Kaplan and Bill Kristol on Iraq". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. February 24, 2003.

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• Yes, the South-becoming always poorer-and the North-becoming always richer ...Richer, too in the resources of weapons with which the superpowers and blocs can mutually threaten each other. In the light of Christ's words (Mt. 25), this poor South will judge the rich North. And the poor people and poor nations-poor in different ways, not only lacking food, but also deprived of freedom and other human right-will judge those people who take these goods away from them, amassing to themselves the imperialist monopoly and political supremacy at the expense of others.

  Pope John Paul II

  Light, Judging, People

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• At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition.

  Kurt Busiek

  Character, Names, Superhero

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2001.

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• And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.

  George Carey

  America, Support, Use

  "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". "The Religion Report" with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.

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• Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So, we rebuilt our defenses, and this New Year we toasted the new peacefulness around the globe. Not only have the superpowers actually begun to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons...but the regional conflicts that rack the globe are also beginning to cease.

  Ronald Reagan

  New Year, Strong, Years

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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• I think President George W. Bush contributed very directly to the fact that the status of America as the world's only superpower lasted for 20 years at most.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Thinking, Years, America

  "The World According to Zbig". Interview with Charles Gati, www.politico.com. November 27, 2013.

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• Common sense - so rare it's a god damn superpower

  PZ Myers

  Common Sense, Common, Damn

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• Americans have a healthy stupidity. That lack of sophistication is a secret superpower.

  Paul Budnitz

  Stupidity, Healthy, Secret

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• Peter Parker has superpowers, but he still has trouble making rent every month. I identify with that in a way that I don't with, like, Superman, for instance. He's just less interesting because he's too perfect.

  Timothy Miller

  Perfect, Interesting, Way

  Source: screenrant.com

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• Vampirism, for me, was a way to live in fantasy and have superpowers, but not just in a really perfect, happy, everything is great way. It's superpowers with a cost. It's having to be the villain, and what do you do about that.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Perfect, Cost, Way To Live

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• Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower.

  Noam Chomsky

  Cuba, Resistance, Courageous

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• There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

  Nelson Mandela

  Doubt, United States, World

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

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• Today I weep for my country. No more is the image of America one of strong, yet benevolent peacekeeper. ... Around the globe, our friends mistrust us, our word is disputed, our intentions are questioned. We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance....After war has ended the United States will have to rebuild much more than the country of Iraq. We will have to rebuild America's image around the globe.

  Robert Byrd

  Country, Strong, War

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• If I could have one superpower, I'd want to have the power of mind over matter. I'd want to be able to move things and people with my mind.

  Shaun Alexander

  Moving, People, Mind

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• The United States is the greatest threat to world peace, and has been for a long time, and not merely because it is the world's only superpower. Equally important, the United States is also far more disposed to use its power than any other powerful nation currently is. Though Americans are culturally and emotionally blind to the fact, the mere intrusion of US power is, in and of itself, destabilizing.

  T. D. Allman

  Powerful, Long, Important

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• One of the many things I do not understand about Americans is this: what is it like to be a citizen of a superpower, to maintain democratically the means of planetary extinction. I wonder how this contributes to the dreamlife of America, a dreamlife that is so deep and troubled.

  Martin Amis

  Mean, America, Citizens

  Martin Amis (1987). “The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America”, Penguin Group USA

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• In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments.

  Barack Obama

  Wise, Military, Smart

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• In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.

  Ulrich Beck

  Finals, Analysis, Facts

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• Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world.

  Alexander Ludwig

  Kids, World, Littles

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

  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  America, Doubt, World

  "Rafsanjani Urges U.S. To Begin Thaw in Ties". www.chinadaily.com.cn. May 19, 2005.

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• The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

  Ma Jian

  World, Olympics, Confirmation

  "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.

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• I am not Nostradamus.Nor would I want to be. I'm convinced being able to tell the future is the worst superpower. I'd rather be invisible and being invisible never ends well. Just read H. G. Wells!

  Justine Larbalestier

  Want, Able, Invisible

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Just because you have superpowers, that doesn't mean your love life would be perfect. I don't think superpowers automatically means there won't be any personality problems, family problems or even money problems. I just tried to write characters who are human beings who also have superpowers.

  Stan Lee

  Writing, Love Life, Character

  "Comic book king Stan Lee loves the everyday superhero". Interview, www.usatoday.com. May 17, 2013.

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• To most people in the UK, indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as 'what NASA does'. This perception is - in many respects - a valid one. Superpower rivalry during the Cold War ramped up US and Soviet space efforts to a scale that Western Europe had no motive to match.

  Martin Rees

  War, Space, Europe

  "Small, cheap and a giant leap for Britain" by Martin Rees, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2003.

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