Source: Altered Carbon (2002), Chapter 29 (p. 371)
“Leadership means a wise application of military power, and rallying the world behind causes that are right.”
2016, State of the Union address (January 2016)
Context: Leadership means a wise application of military power, and rallying the world behind causes that are right. It means seeing our foreign assistance as part of our national security, not something separate, not charity.
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