Mearsheimer Quotes: top 27 famous quotes about Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer Quotes & Sayings

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You wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way it is. — Kevin Shields

so Durrant stroked the area around his cloaca — Elizabeth Kolbert

Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity. — John Mearsheimer

If Sigmund Freud had watched Phil Donahue he would never have wondered what women want. — Nora Ephron

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

You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in. — Carl Lewis

This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics. — John Mearsheimer

To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use. — Sri Aurobindo

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

The job is not to succeed but fail more interesting than the last time - - in a more subtle fashion or in a more intriguing way. — T. J. Jagodowski

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

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

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

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

And now the past stalked about like a purposeless stray animal among heaps of rubbish and junk that no one wanted. — Jussi Adler-Olsen

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

By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today. — Jamais Cascio

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously. — Roz Chast

It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found. — Ted Dekker

Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak. — John Mearsheimer