The Russian Leaders Are Keen Judges Of

The Jealous And Intolerant Eye Of The Kremlin Can Distinguish, In The End, Only Vassals And Enemies, And The Neighbors Of Russia, If They Do Not Wish To Be One, Must Reconcile Themselves To Being The Other.

It Is An Undeniable Privilege Of Every Man To Prove Himself Right In The Thesis That The World Is His Enemy; For If He Reiterates It Frequently Enough And Makes It The Background Of His Conduct He Is Bound Eventually To Be Right.

The Truth Is Sometimes A Poor Competitor In The Market Place Of Ideas – Complicated, Unsatisfying, Full Of Dilemmas, Always Vulnerable To Misinterpretation And Abuse.

Above All, It Behooves Us To Repress, And If Possible To Extinguish Once And For All, Our Inveterate Tendency To Judge Others By The Extent To Which They Contrive To Be Like Ourselves.

Were The Soviet Union To Sink Tomorrow Under The Waters Of The Ocean, The American Military-industrial Establishment Would Have To Go On, Substantially Unchanged, Until Some Other Adversary Could Be Invented. Anything Else Would Be An Unacceptable Shock To The American Economy.