Hans Morgenthau Quotes & Sayings

Man will not live without answers to his questions. — Hans Morgenthau

Throughout the nation's history, the national destiny of the United States has been understood in antimilitaristic, libertarian terms. — Hans Morgenthau

Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man. — Hans Morgenthau

The statesman must think in terms of the national interest, conceived as power among other powers. The popular mind, unaware of the fine distinctions of the statesman's thinking, reasons more often than not in the simple moralistic and legalistic terms of absolute good and absolute evil. — Hans Morgenthau

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others. — Hans Morgenthau

Power positions do not yield to arguments, however rationally and morally valid, but only to superior power. — Hans Morgenthau