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Because of Obama's ill-advised actions, the world has lost American leadership.

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.

What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American stability.

Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.

Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country.

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

The world has lost faith in American leadership, and the threats are mounting.

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people.