Nicholas J. Spykman

"Plans for far-reaching changes in the character of international society are an intellectual by-product of all great wars."

"Geography is the most fundamental factor in foreign policy because it is the most permanent."

"Spykman's World" at American Diplomacy"

"There are not many instances in history which show great and powerful states creating alliances and organizations to limit their own strength. States are always engaged in curbing the force of some ot…"

"Nations which renounce the power struggle and deliberately choose impotence will cease to influence international relations either for evil or good."

"political equilibrium is neither a gift of the gods nor an inherently stable condition. It results from the active intervention of man, from the operation of political forces. States cannot afford to …"

"The facts of location do not change. The significant of such facts changes with every shift in the means of communication, in routes of communication, in the technique of war, and in the centers of wo…"