War Has A Momentum Of Its Own

Anyone Who Has Ever Studied The History Of American Diplomacy, Especially Military Diplomacy, Knows That You Might Start In A War With Certain Things On Your Mind As A Purpose Of What You Are Doing, But In The End, You Found Yourself Fighting For Entirely Different Things That You Had Never Thought Of Before. In Other Words, War Has A Momentum Of Its Own And It Carries You Away From All Thoughtful Intentions When You Get Into It. Today, If We Went Into Iraq, Like The President Would Like Us To Do, You Know Where You Begin. You Never Know Where You Are Going To End.

War Is A Highly Overrated Tool Of Foreign Policy.

The Truth Is Sometimes A Poor Competitor In The Market Place Of Ideas – Complicated, Unsatisfying, Full Of Dilemmas, Always Vulnerable To Misinterpretation And Abuse.

...there Is An Optimal Balance, Depending On The Manner Of Man's Life, Between The Density Of Human Population And The Tolerances Of Nature. This Balance, In The Case Of The United States Would Seem To Me To Have Been Surpassed When The American Population Reached, At A Very Maximum, Two Hundred Million People, And Perhaps A Good Deal Less.

Fig Leaves Of Democratic Procedure To Hide The Nakedness Of Stalinist Dictatorship.