Politics Is The Skilled Use Of Blunt

As A Civilian During The Second War, I Was Exposed To Danger In Circumstances Which Removed Any Distinction Between The Man In And The Man Out Of Uniform.

Today The Predatory State, Or The Predatory Group Of States, With Power Of Total Destruction, Is No More To Be Tolerated Than The Predatory Individual.

The Choice, However, Is As Clear Now For Nations As It Was Once For The Individual: Peace Or Extinction.

The Life Of States Cannot, Any More Than The Life Of Individuals, Be Conditioned By The Force And The Will Of A Unit, However Powerful, But By The Consensus Of A Group, Which Must One Day Include All States.

No State, Furthermore, Unless It Has Aggressive Military Designs Such As Those Which Consumed Nazi Leaders In The Thirties, Is Likely To Divert To Defense Any More Of Its Resources And Wealth And Energy Than Seems Necessary.