Reading the Bible can be like meeting someone you don't know who, oddly, somehow seems to know you deeply. It's uncanny.
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.
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.
Virtually everything is dangerous if you are afraid.
No craving void left aching in the soul.
In the 24 hours since this time yesterday, over 200,000 acres of rainforest have been destroyed in our world. Fully 13 million tons of toxic chemicals have been released into our environment. Over 45,000 people have died from starvation, 38,000 of them children. And more than 130 plant and animal species have been driven to extinction by the actions of humans. And all this just since yesterday.
Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer.