Quotes Tagged With :statecraft

Pointing out the possible, and expensive, entanglements that could come with widespread commercial enterprise,....

We had deluded ourselves that perhaps peace might find the Arabs able, unhelped and untaught, to defend....

Initial uniformity can be deceiving, warns the author, because parties arrive at that state from so many....

The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.

Deceit is a tool of statecraft," Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes....

Confronted by menace or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely....

If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with....

For leaders, wars are filled with guesses.

Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.

Moral action – humble and honest – is the tribute that power must at some point pay to reason.