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To solve these problems one needs as much an understanding of politics as an understanding of man - and the one cannot be derived from the other.

— Kenneth Waltz Man, the State, and War (1959)

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No system of balance functions automatically.

Man, the State, and War (1959)

In anarchy there is no automatic harmony.

Man, the State, and War (1959)

To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous.

Man, the State, and War (1959)

The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.

Man, the State, and War (1959)

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

Man, the State, and War (1959)

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