Clergyman's

Chamberlain's sins were not his intentions, but rather his ignorance and arrogance in failing to appraise the situation properly. And in that failure he was not alone.
- Joseph Nye

Humans sometimes make surprising choices, and human history is full of uncertainties.
- Joseph Nye

The international system consists not only of states. The international political system is the pattern of relationships among the states.
- Joseph Nye

Power conversion is the capacity to convert potential power, as measured by resources, to realized power, as measured by the changed behavior of others.
- Joseph Nye

Governments now have to share the stage with actors who can use information to enhance their soft power and press governments directly, or indirectly by mobilizing their publics.
- Joseph Nye

Some economists believe that the Great Depression of the 1930s was aggravated by bad monetary policy and lack of American leadership. Britain was too weak to maintain an open international economy, and the United States was not living up to its new responsibilities.
- Joseph Nye

When words are both descriptive and prescriptive, thyey become political words used in struggles for power.
- Joseph Nye

In foreign policy, as in medicine, leaders must “first do no harm.
- Joseph Nye

No one can tell the whole story of anything.
- Joseph Nye