In anarchy there is no automatic harmony .

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

It is not true that were the Soviet Union to disappear the remaining states could easily live in peace.

War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the accidental attack, seek the war that will bring internal peace.

No system of balance functions automatically.

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

With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances and ambitions according to the dictates of its own reason or desire - conflict, sometimes leading to war, is bound to occur.