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

Is it capitalism or states that must be destroyed in order to get peace, or must both be abolished?

The best critical consideration of the inherent weakness of a federation of states in which the law of the federation has to be enforced on the states who are its members is contained in the Federalist Papers.

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

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.

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.

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