Colin Powell in No Apology, by Gov. Mitt Romney (R, MA)

On Foreign Policy: We do not seek conquest or colonies

After WWII, visionary leaders set out to help create a new international order with the US in the permanent lead not as a neutral actor in world affairs but as the protector and defender of a particular world order. This was not an expression of American jingoism. The US has never wanted to impose itself on the world. As Gen. Powell noted, we do not seek conquest or colonies. We seek our own safety and, insofar as possible, the chance for other people to live in freedom. So the president and the leaders of both parties shifted America's foreign policy. America took on the task of anticipating, containing, and eventually defeating threats to the progress of freedom in the belief that actively protecting others was the best way to protect ourselves.

The new order had three pillars: active involvement and participation in world affairs; active promotion of American and Western values including democracy, free enterprise, and human rights; and a collective security umbrella for America and her allies.

Source: No Apology, by Mitt Romney, p. 23 Mar 2, 2010

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