Realpolitik

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I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says:
"Yes, the little ones does."

Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer Abroad

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Realpolitik International politics Politics

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Tom Sawyer Abroad

Medium

Novel

Genre

Adventure novel

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Tom Sawyer Abroad. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1894.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Tom Sawyer Abroad." Mark Twain: The Gilded Age & Later Novels, edited by Hamlin Hill. Library of America, 2002.

We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and these interests it is our duty to follow.

Henry John Temple

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Realpolitik International politics Political theory

Speaker

Henry John Temple

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Temple, Henry John. Address in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 1 Mar. 1848, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Little do they know that they meet under an empty sky from which the gods have departed.

Hans Morgenthau

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Topic

Disenchanted world Decline of religion Realpolitik Religion and politics International politics

Author

Hans Morgenthau

Source

Politics Among Nations

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Morgenthau, Hans. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.