I worry about Zimbabweans. They bend, they bend, they bend, they bend - where do the people break? How long can they go on scrounging for food in garbage dumps and using the moisture from sewage drains to plant vegetables?
From Samantha Power
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.
If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.
My career is not well thought out. Every choice has been instinctive and, quite literally, impulsive in many ways.
We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub.
Russia holds a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. This is a privilege, and it is a responsibility. Yet in Syria and in Aleppo, Russia is abusing this historic privilege.
The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that I could be of any use. So I went and became a war correspondent without any experience in war or in being a correspondent. So that was daring.
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