Samantha Jane Power (born September 21, 1970) is an Irish-born American academic, author, political critic, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017.
Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.
We have an interest in combating tactics in war that are abhorrent and that only fuel terrorism because they incite people on the ground.
In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.
What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.
One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.
The key to U. N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U. N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
I think we do have an interest in combating states that try to cross borders and steal parts of other people's country.
Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.
I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.
First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.
I joke that I spent 38 years scouring the globe, going to war zones, trying to find the person with my exact birthday.
I'm going to Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission. I feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people
Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
There is a convergence of crises that makes it challenging to keep the world's attention.
Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.
My kids are my salvation. . . . It's a delight to walk in and get charged by a five-year-old and a two-year-old. That'll make you forget the darkness.
No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.