„Astronomically, the U. S. S. R. and the United States are the same place.“

— Carl Sagan
„The U. S. has always insisted on its right to use force, whatever international law requires, and whatever international institutions decide.… The U. S., of course, is not alone in these practices. Other states commonly act in much the same way, if not constrained by external or internal forces.“
— Noam Chomsky