Joseph Nye

America rests on shared values rather than shared ethnicity.

— Joseph Nye

“Plenty of information leads to scarcity of attention. When people are overwhelmed with the volume of information confronting them, it is hard…

— Joseph Nye

We live in a world of diverse cultures, and we know very little about social engineering and how to 'build nations.' And…

— Joseph Nye

America should find its interests in ways which are more consistent with the interests of other countries, which are things that are…

— Joseph Nye

Democracy is the best school to learn soft power.

— Joseph Nye

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

— Joseph Nye

Power is the ability to affect others to get the outcomes you want, and that can be done by coercion, payment or…

— Joseph Nye

Every politician just has to remember how he got his position in the first place. A young candidate running for Congress or…

— Joseph Nye

Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks…

— Joseph Nye

As we think of power in the 21st century, we want to get away from the idea that power’s always zero sum…

— Joseph Nye

In the information age, it's not just whose army wins, but whose story wins.

— Joseph Nye

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.

— Joseph Nye

His [Osama bin Laden]excessive use of terror, including numerous attacks that indiscriminately killed many women and children, and of course many Muslims,…

— Joseph Nye

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

— Joseph Nye

Transformational leaders are important because they make choices that most other leaders would not.

— Joseph Nye

The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests -…

— Joseph Nye