War Is A Highly Overrated Tool Of

Like A Graceful Vase, A Cat, Even When Motionless, Seems To Flow.

Were The Soviet Union To Sink Tomorrow Under The Waters Of The Ocean, The American Military-industrial Establishment Would Have To Go On, Substantially Unchanged, Until Some Other Adversary Could Be Invented. Anything Else Would Be An Unacceptable Shock To The American Economy.

The Russian Leaders Are Keen Judges Of Human Psychology, And As Such They Are Highly Conscious That Loss Of Temper And Of Self-control Is Never A Source Of Strength In Political Affairs.

Public Opinion, Or What Passes For Public Opinion, Is Not Invariably A Moderating Force In The Jungle Of Politics.

Above All, It Behooves Us To Repress, And If Possible To Extinguish Once And For All, Our Inveterate Tendency To Judge Others By The Extent To Which They Contrive To Be Like Ourselves.