“The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.”

“A single guy will do the right thing after exhausting every other option.”

“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.”

“There may be many things wrong with the United States but only a blind fool who hasn't been paying attention for the last twenty years would hold up Europe as the alternative.”

“Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked”

“We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.”