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- A modern state is such a complex and interdependent fabric that it offers a target highly sensitive to a sudden and overwhelming blow from the…
- For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.
- In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has…
- It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their promises…
- The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion…
- Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by…
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