If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.
People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.
If the nation were to be stable, individual rights had to be exercised according to rules that all people could understand and trust.
Nothing in the past can convincingly point to [a black swan’s] possibility.
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
Democratic transitions do not succeed suddenly, and, conversely, they do not fail in one moment either.
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
Differences can be a strength.
One of the hardest things about diplomacy is to put yourself into someone else's shoes without compromising your own principles.