Those words are spoken as if in a vacuum.
Once the reality of history is applied and after that the basic data in the CIA factbook about national governments that exist today and I suddenly become more than happy to be the nation who plays broker for life and death for people on Earth.
If we cede that role, other nations do not hesitate to take it up and prove to anyone paying attention WHY it's best the US have power to influence the destinies of most nations and peoples.