Fight Quote by John Mearsheimer

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great…

— Anonymous

Great-power politics is tragic because the structure of the international system forces states that seek only to be secure nonetheless to act aggressively toward…

— John Mearsheimer

In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.

— John Mearsheimer

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

— Gouverneur Morris

Great Power, capable of everything and only temporarily handicapped by economic difficulties. We are not a great power and never will be again. We…

— Henry Tizard

With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances and ambitions according to the dictates…

— Kenneth Waltz

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.

— Velupillai Prabhakaran

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never…

— Frank Chodorov

The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order,…

— Melville Fuller

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the…

— Murray Rothbard

Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.

— Mikhail Bakunin

Every state protects the privileges of the powerful.

— Colin Ward