"Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy."

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Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2010). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.238, Columbia University Press

Kenneth Waltz

#Mean Quotes #Judging Quotes #Way Quotes

“It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.”
“Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job.”
“Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.”
“A few years ago we colonised this place with some of our finest felons, thieves, muggers, alcoholics and prostitutes, a strain of depravity which I believe has contributed greatly to this country's amazing vigour and enterprise.”
“My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers.”

Source : "Steve Wozniak Offers 4 Pieces of Advice for First-Time Entrepreneurs" by Deep Patel, www.entrepreneur.com. December 9, 2016.
“Matrimony was probably the first union to defy management.”
“That's when you know you know somebody. When you know every piece of clothing they have in their wardrobe. That's friendship.”

Source : Source: www.ericspitznagel.com
“And I started to cry again, realizing that it must be changing him, too, this man who was kind enough to be a soul but strong as only a human could be.”

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