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Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.'

— Samantha Power

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✓Similar Perspectives

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

— Fredric Jameson

U.S. power flows from our unmatched military might, yes. But in a deeper way, it's a product of the dominance of the U.S. economy.

— David Ignatius

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

— Hillary Clinton

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

— Madeleine Albright

We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.

— Barbara Deming

The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders.

— Ehud Olmert

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

— Barack Obama

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

— Ted Cruz

The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The interregnum after the Cold War, far from being the prelude to a new American age, was bearing the signs of what is now very visible: the emergence of a multipolar world.

— Martin Jacques

This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.

— Earl Browder

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