According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity.

To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous.

The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states.

War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth.

Asking who won a given war, someone has said, is like asking who won the San Francisco earthquake. That in war there is no victory but only varying degrees of defeat is a proposition that has gained increasing acceptance in the twentieth century.