“But as we’ve said before, there is great power in all of us, if only we channel that power into action.”
“The violence of power is unacceptable only when we see it in action.”
“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”
“America was a great force in the world, with immense prestige, long before we became a great military power. That power has come to us and we cannot renounce it, but neither can we afford to forget that the real constructive force in the world comes not from bombs, but from imaginative ideas, warm sympathies, and a generous spirit.”
“What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of that action to protect us?”
“Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.”