“The United States recognizes that we also have a special responsibility in these common endeavors that we are taking - the responsibility that goes along with great power, and also with our long history of democracy and freedom. But we seek to fulfil that responsibility in cooperation with other nations. Working together increases the impact and the legitimacy of each of our actions, and sharing the burdens lessons everyone’s load. We have no desire to be the world’s policemen, but we will do what we can to help civil societies emerge from the ashes of repression, to sustain fragile democracies, and to add more free markets to the world, and of course, to restrain the destructive forces that threaten us all.”

- William J. Clinton, addressing United Nations General Assembly.
September 26, 1994