If both China and Russia were liberal democracies, I don’t think we would be having conversations about great power competition. So I believe that regime type does matter, and the ideological dimension that comes with that regime type also plays a role in great power competition.
Had the early cavemen fought with atomic bombs instead of rocks and cattle bone clubs, the human species would have been extinct eons ago. With great power comes great responsibility.
A week ago today I received a great honor, and all the great responsibilities that come with it.
…the possession of great power necessarily implies great responsibility.
Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you have too much power — therefore you have too much responsibility — and you're a kind of dictator.
With great power comes a great need to take a nap.
And you must never speak of what I have just told you. For this is a great secret. And great secrets bring with them great responsibilities.
I learned that with great responsibility often come great honor and opportunity.
Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past.
I submit respectfully to the House as a general principle that our responsibility in this matter is directly proportionate to our power. Where there is great power there is great responsibility, where there is less power there is less responsibility, and where there is no power there can, I think, be no responsibility.