I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020.

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.

The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.

Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.

A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.

Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.

Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.

China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.

Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

Building the future holds more attraction than ancestor worship, whichever ancestor we're talking about.

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.

Marriage the happiest bond of love might be, If hands were only joined when hearts agree.

It's so easy to find someone who would walk around me like a shadow and do everything for me and never be tempted by other men, so obviously I'm not attracted by that type.

I like big, open, spare landscapes. There's lots of room. Nobody bothers you... I feel as if I can think there.

When you work on a character, you form in your mind an image of what he ought to look like. Then you go and find one who resembles him.

Peace in ourselves, peace in the world.

It is absolutely necessary that the Christian community be subject in all things to the Sovereign Pontiff if it wishes to be a part of the divinely-established society founded by our Redeemer.