Thucydides quotes for Realist Foreign Policy
Thucydides quotes
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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