"America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community." ― Adam Schiff Topic(s): Power Tags: america, critical More From Adam Schiff "It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein." "Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King’s faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night." "The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th." More In Power "But to me nothing – the negative, the empty – is exceedingly powerful."― Alan Watts "The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics."― Bertrand Russell "What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."― Alexander Graham Bell