Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.

In anarchy there is no automatic harmony .

Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created.

The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.

Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states.

To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous.

The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others.

War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth.

External pressure seems to produce internal unity.

Born on straw at nightunder low stable rafters, Baby Jesus cried.

When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.

'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.

The only passion that guides me is for the truth... I look at everything from this point of view.

I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem.

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.

There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands.

I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.

We are Hollywood. We're entertainment, and that's what the World Wrestling Federation is all about.