States are inherently aggressive and expansionist because they exist in an anarchic international system where there is no higher authority to keep them in check.
国家本质上是侵略性和扩张主义的，因为它们存在于一个无政府状态的国际体系中，没有更高的权威来约束它们。
过去解释现在——这是进化心理学的基本前提。
我们都是自然的实验品。
The beauty of cinema lies in its ability to make us feel less alone.
我根本不是一个思维敏捷的人。我必须花很多时间才能理解一些东西。
The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts.
当你在一生中做某事做到最好时，你真的不想放弃——对我来说就是网球。
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."