I hate Congress. I hate the Army. I hate the world. I hate myself. The whole is a mass of fools and knaves.
- Alexander Hamilton
The Balance of Power itself, even more than the democratic values of the West, is often the best safeguard of freedom. That, too, will be a lesson of the South China Sea in the 21st Century- another one that idealists do not want to hear.Robert D. Kaplan. Member of U.S. Defense Department´s Defense Policy Board.