War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth. Kenneth Waltz More Quotes by Kenneth Waltz More Quotes From Kenneth Waltz Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy. Kenneth Waltz judgingmeanway With many sovereign states, with no system of law enforceable among them, with each state judging its grievances and ambitions according to the dictates of its own reason or desire - conflict, sometimes leading to war, is bound to occur. Kenneth Waltz ambitionlawwar States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law. Kenneth Waltz perfectly-goodlawworld According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity. Kenneth Waltz stupiditymenwar In anarchy there is no automatic harmony . Kenneth Waltz anarchismanarchyharmony The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man. Kenneth Waltz politicalimportantmen Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it. Kenneth Waltz statesanswerswar 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. Kenneth Waltz groupsloyalloyalty Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states. Kenneth Waltz socialismstatesreason The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others. Kenneth Waltz choicesgamesaction Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason. Kenneth Waltz reasondoemen External pressure seems to produce internal unity. Kenneth Waltz unityproducepressure War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the accidental attack, seek the war that will bring internal peace. Kenneth Waltz unitywaitingwar To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous. Kenneth Waltz geography-and-historytheoryrelation Asking who won a given war, someone has said, is like asking who won the San Francisco earthquake. That in war there is no victory but only varying degrees of defeat is a proposition that has gained increasing acceptance in the twentieth century. Kenneth Waltz acceptanceearthquakeswar It is not true that were the Soviet Union to disappear the remaining states could easily live in peace. Kenneth Waltz disappearunionsstates 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. Kenneth Waltz understandingmenneeds The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace. Kenneth Waltz realwarpeople In a zero-sum game, the problem is entirely one of distribution, not at all one of production. Kenneth Waltz zeroproblemgames No system of balance functions automatically. Kenneth Waltz functionbalance
