
“Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.”
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 14; translated by W. K. Marriot
Light (1919), Ch. XXII - Light
“Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.”
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 14; translated by W. K. Marriot
TV Interview for Channel 4 A Week in Politics (1 February 1985) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105955
Second term as Prime Minister
1910s, The New Nationalism (1910)
Context: Justice and fair dealings among nations rest upon principles identical with those which control justice and fair dealing among the individuals of which nations are composed, with the vital exception that each nation must do its own part in international police work. If you get into trouble here, you can call for the police; but if Uncle Sam gets into trouble, he has got to be his own policeman, and I want to see him strong enough to encourage the peaceful aspirations of other people’s in connection with us. I believe in national friendships and heartiest good-will to all nations; but national friendships, like those between men, must be founded on respect as well as on liking, on forbearance as well as upon trust. I should be heartily ashamed of any American who did not try to make the American government act as justly toward the other nations in international relations as he himself would act toward any individual in private relations. I should be heartily ashamed to see us wrong a weaker power, and I should hang my head forever if we tamely suffered wrong from a stronger power.
“The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, speech at Yale 1899 http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/sumner-boll-11-w-g-sumner-the-conquest-of-the-united-states-by-spain-1898.
Source: Review of Zest for Life by Johann Wöller, in Time and Tide (17 October 1936)
Floods and landslides: 12 dead and thousands displaced, Caritas at work http://fides.org/en/news/37551-AMERICA_CHILE_Floods_and_landslides_12_dead_and_thousands_displaced_Caritas_at_work (30 March 2015)
Collected Works, Vol. 26, pp. 453–482.
Collected Works