“In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt the overthrow of the stronger in the belief that the latter's defeat will automatically involve the collapse of the others.” FirstsStatesBeliefMilitaryArmyStrongerDefeatPartnersCampaignsLatterCollapse Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Every single human civilization has failed over time, and my belief is that it's due to a lack of rational empathy, of understanding that if you don't have equality in your society, the conflicts you breed (whether internally or externally) will eventually cause its collapse.” IfsHumansBeliefCausesUnderstandingCivilizationConflictEmpathyDuesRationalCollapseHuman Civilization Author:Chris Kluwe
“Being a journalist got me to meet with children who had witnessed all their beliefs, all their faith in the world collapse.” WorldChildrenBeliefJournalistCollapse Author:Roselyne Bosch
“In a nuclear age, and in an age of serious environmental degradation, apocalyptic belief creates a serious second order danger. The precarious logic of self-interest that saw us through the Cold War would collapse if the leaders of one nuclear state came to welcome, or ceased to fear mass death.” IfsWarSelfStatesAgeOrderBeliefInterestLeaderSawsDangerSeriousColdMassLogicEnvironmentalNuclearWelcomeCollapseCold WarSelf InterestDegradationApocalypticPrecariousEnvironmental Degradation Author:Ian Mcewan