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

Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.

The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others.

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

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

If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created.

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