The anarchic nature of the international system forces states to compete for power.
设计不仅仅是看起来和感觉如何,设计是它如何运作。
I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.
The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.