“According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity.”

—  Kenneth N. Waltz, book Man, the State, and War

Source: Man, the State, and War (1959), Chapter II, The First Image, p. 16

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