The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.

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.

People who demand signs never believe them when they come.

Find time to admire and appreciate the glittering lights on snowflakes.

There is an undeniable web connecting incidents such as the rise to power of dictators... poverty and the perception of human beings as disposable property.

I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing

If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbour, for in him God comes to you himself; such a man sees in his neighbour the material and spiritual need he is called to meet.

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.

And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.

The IPCC doesn't do any research itself. We only develop our assessments on the basis of peer-reviewed literature.

I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.

Take your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye.