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“While the race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong, that is the way to bet.”

Race Strength Betting On Fate

Book:Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

Source: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

“Between being loved and feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I am meaningless.”

Love Fear Power

Book:Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

Source: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

“We typically see ourselves as more benign than we are, and are quicker to attribute malign motives to potential adversaries”

Book:Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

Source: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

“Consider the vast influence of accident in war before you are engaged in it. It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disaster. — Thucydides, Athenian ambassador to Spartan Assembly, 432 BCE”

War Mistakes Accident

Book:Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

Source: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?