Stephen J. Hadley: “I think this distinction between soft power and hard power is not a good one because a lot of our soft power converts…”

America has never accepted the idea that it had to choose between its democratic principles and its interests.

I think the reason that the free world follows us and that despots and dictators fear us is because of our values.

What I am troubled by is that if we make ultimately an accommodation with Assad, we send the message to the world that if you are brutal enough with your own people and kill enough of them, the international community will let you stay in…

Freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are the very DNA of this Nation.