Kenneth Waltz

"Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states."

"I am not saying that such a theory cannot be constructed, but only that I cannot see how to do it in any way that might be useful. The decisive point, anyway, is that a macrotheory of international po…"

"Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason."

"States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law."

"If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created."

"No system of balance functions automatically."

"The best critical consideration of the inherent weakness of a federation of states in which the law of the federation has to be enforced on the states who are its members is contained in the Federalis…"

"To solve these problems one needs as much an understanding of politics as an understanding of man - and the one cannot be derived from the other."