The man who hates war more than he hates the Nazis is a wicked man.

One definition of the wicked is that they will resort to whatever means are necessary to achieve their ends. Therefore, if those who oppose wickedness don't learn the art of war, they will be helpless.

The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends.

Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense.

The poets think about war more than the social scientists.

I'm not a journalist. So I didn't down and let Assad charm me. I didn't walk away and say "my god he's got an Apple computer and he really likes Beyonce so he must be a liberal."

Constraint theory defines for you what outcomes are possible and what outcomes are impossible. It also eliminates wishful thinking.