Disputes Quote by John Mearsheimer Download Open image “Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.” — John Mearsheimer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disputes Most powerful Powerful States
In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The most powerful state for a human to be in is the state of embracing completely the reality of what is - Now. It… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence. — Kenneth Kaunda Copy Share Image
Great powers that have no reason to fight with each other, but are merely concerned with their own survival, nevertheless have little choice but… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Since the mid-1990s, Russian leaders have adamantly opposed NATO enlargement, and in recent years, they have made it clear that they would not stand… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The unpleasant truth is that some borders are untenable and preserving them causes conflict, not peace. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Great powers react harshly when distant rivals project military power into their neighborhood, much less attempt to make a country on their border an… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
When the United States worked to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War, we went to enormous lengths to get as many countries… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The central aim of American foreign policy has traditionally been to dominate the western hemisphere while not permitting another great power to dominate Europe… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Nuclear weapons are the ideal middle-class weapons for Americans. They provide massive amounts of deterrence on the cheap. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Erosion of sovereignty is one more reason a powerful state with a liberal foreign policy ends up fighting never ending wars and fostering militarism… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
What disappoints me about Obama is that, when he came into office, he gave the impression he was going to reduce America's global commitments,… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The question of whether or not the United States or any other great power should expand, should pursue regional hegemony, or pursue global hegemony,… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
One lesson to learn is that the press and the broadcasters are not neutral. And it seems we have to learn it each time… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes.… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith. — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy,… — Olusegun Obasanjo Copy Share Image
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image