I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.
Democracy is the best school to learn soft power.
As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum — my gain is your loss and vice versa. Power can also be positive sum, where your gain can be my gain.
In the information age, it's not just whose army wins, but whose story wins.
Power is the ability to affect others to get the outcomes you want, and that can be done by coercion, payment or attraction.
The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests - they were concerned about the interests of their people.
Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.
Declare independence, don't let them do that to you!
Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.
Beginning on day one, our administration went to work to tackle challenges.
Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.