Systems can create consequences not intended by any other of their con — Joseph Nye

"Humans sometimes make surprising choices, and human history is full of uncertainties."

"Power, like love, is easier to experience than to define or measure."

"Chamberlains 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."

"Attention rather than information becomes the scarce resource, and those who can distinguish valuable information from the background clutter gain power."

"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."

"The cure to misunderstanding history is to read more, not less."