John J. Mearsheimer Quotes
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When we become silent, we become whole. And when we become whole, we become holy.
— Swami Dhyan Giten
Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.
— John Mearsheimer
In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.
— John Mearsheimer
Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way.
— John Mearsheimer
States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.
— John Mearsheimer
It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.
— Jeannette Walls
This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.
— John Mearsheimer
I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing.
— Neneh Cherry
China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.
— John Mearsheimer
Popularity has become its own justification.
— Jonathan Franzen
A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.
— John Mearsheimer
To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.
— Nelly Sachs
Your strength is soft, indirect, delicate, tender, womanly. But it is strength just the same.
— Anais Nin
In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.
— John Mearsheimer
Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.
— John Mearsheimer
The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.
— John Mearsheimer
The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.
— John Mearsheimer
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
— Pope John Paul II
Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.
— John Mearsheimer
When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions.
— John Mearsheimer
The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.
— John Mearsheimer
Audiences are a wee bit more chatty in New York than in London.
— Neve McIntosh
I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020.
— John Mearsheimer
States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.
— John Mearsheimer
Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.
— John Mearsheimer