Samantha Power

Quotes

• “Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions, and all countries h...”
• “Citizens victimized by genocide or abandoned by the international community do not make good neighbors, as their thirst ...”
• “Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last...”
• “Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust ...”
• “Half of Syria's refugees are children, and we know what can happen to children who grow to adulthood without hope or opp...”
• “In many college classes, laptops depict split screens - notes from a class, and then a range of parallel stimulants: NBA...”
• “I'm relieved that after all these years of doing atrocity work, I still cry my eyes out every time I read the paper in t...”
• “What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese go...”
• “In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy...”
• “The United Staes had never in its history intervened to stop genocide and had in fact rarely even made a point of condem...”
• “We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent f...”