Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed?

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did.

I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.

Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use are means to the individual's liberation. We do not perceive how a man may be armed and at the same time bereft of his freedom.