T. R. Fehrenbach

Quotes

• “It is the nature of peoples to see the ancient foes, and to ignore those newly arising.”
• “America is rich and fat and very, very noticeable in this world. It is a forlorn hope that we should be left alone.”
• “War was to be entered upon with sadness, with regret, but also with ferocity.”
• “Revolution and terror are synonymous; only with the passage of time does any revolution become respectable.”
• “Collective security had a fine sound, but it was still little more than a word; it would still be the United States, and the United States alone, that held the far frontier. No one else had the will or the power.”
• “If war is to have any meaning at all, its purpose must be to establish control over peoples and territories, and ultimately, this can be done only as Alexander the Great did it, on the ground.”

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