Political Quotes

“Madam President, this week the Senate will consider the nomination of Samantha Power to serve as our next Ambassador to the United Nations. In fact, I hope we will take it up later today. This is a critical position to our President's national and foreign policy team, and I believe Ms. Power's experience, values, and wise approach to foreign policy will make her a terrific Ambassador. Throughout her career, she has displayed a passion for human rights and worked tirelessly to prevent atrocities abroad. From her early days as a journalist, to her work in the White House, she has shown a pragmatic idealism and a deep and nuanced understanding of the foreign policy and security challenges facing this country around the globe. I met with Ms. Power a few weeks ago. I came away confident that she is the right choice to represent our country at the U.N. She understands the critical importance of democratic values and human rights to global stability. Ours is a complex time and a complex world. The fabric of global stability is woven with many threads of democracy, good governance, economic development, health, education, national security and, of course, diplomacy. The global challenges of our generation require leaders, leaders capable of seeing each of these threads and appreciating how they connect and how we can weave them together to make a stronger more vibrant world.…”