Clergyman's

In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest in fighting Germany and instead was determined to get someone else to assume the burden. He guessed right.
- John Mearsheimer

Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.
- John Mearsheimer

In an ideal world, where there are only good states, power would be largely irrelevant.
- John Mearsheimer

Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.
- John Mearsheimer

Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.
- John Mearsheimer

The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.
- John Mearsheimer

A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.
- John Mearsheimer

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.
- John Mearsheimer

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.
- John Mearsheimer

Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.
- John Mearsheimer