“Never state an unambiguous objective and a date in the same sentence”
― Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
― Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
“We live in the era of the scientific savage,” he reflected, “where all the wisdom of science,
mathematics and physics are used for the purposes of assassination.”
― How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
mathematics and physics are used for the purposes of assassination.”
― How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
“We typically see ourselves as more benign than we are, and are quicker to attribute malign motives to potential adversaries”
― Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
― Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
“Between being loved and feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I am meaningless.”
― Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
― Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
“People have to be relating, people have to be learning, people have to be acting”
― America: The Farewell Tour
― America: The Farewell Tour
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