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Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness. – Thomas Paine
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The most fundamental problem of politics… is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. – Henry Kissinger
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Every statesman must attempt to reconcile what is considered just with what is considered possible. – Henry Kissinger
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Democracies are value-neutral. – Robert Kaplan
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Democracy emerges successfully only as a capstone to other social and economic achievements. – Robert Kaplan
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In the twenty-first century realism is appropriate to a Hobbesian world in which there is no global Leviathan monopolizing the use of force in order to punish the Unjust. – Robert Kaplan
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I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. – Winston Churchill
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Constitution should be short and obscure. – Napoleon Bonaparte
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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. – Napoleon Bonaparte
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Men are joined by conviction, sundered by opinion. – Goethe
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. – Benjamin Disraeli
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In politics, nothing is contemptible. – Benjamin Disraeli
