De Re Militari (also Epitoma Rei Militaris), Book III, "Dispositions for Action"
Context: Punishment, and fear thereof, are necessary to keep soldiers in order in quarters; but in the field they are more influenced by hope and rewards. Good officers never engage in general actions unless induced by opportunity or obliged by necessity. (General Maxims)
Boni duces publico certamine numquam nisi ex occasione aut nimia necessitate confligunt.
“Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.”
Book 1, Ch. 3 (as translated by LJ Walker and B Crick)
Discourses on Livy (1517)
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (1969), Principles
Source: The End of the American Era (2002), Chapter six: "The Limits of American Internationalism—Looking Ahead"
Context: Satisfied powers are those that have reached the top of the pecking order, are happy with their lot, and are primarily interested in preserving the status quo. In contrast, rising powers are states on the move. They are not satisfied with their lot, are usually struggling for recognition and influence, and are therefore looking for ways to overturn the status quo. In general terms, satisfied states extend commitments abroad when they must, not when they can. They are motivated by necessity rather than opportunity. Rising states extend commitments abroad when they can, not when they must. They are motivated by opportunity rather than necessity.
Source: The Technological Society (1954), p. xxxii
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“Honour is to you and me as strong an obligation, as necessity to others.”
Neque enim minus apud nos honestas quam apud alios necessitas valet.
Letter 10, 3.
Letters, Book IV
II – The General and His Troops.
"Generals and Generalship" (1939)
