Quotes from Philip Bobbitt

Stuart Taylor, Jr., "The Bill to Combat Terrorism Doesn't Go Far Enough," National Journal 33 (2001): 3319. 17. 531 U.S.

Now the fundamental constitutional problem of the Long War has been answered. Government by consent, freely given and periodically capable of being withdrawn, is what legitimates the nation-state. Government under law—not government that is above the law—provides the means by which states are legitimated.* So the next question intrudes itself: what are the strategic consequences of the peace? What

PLATE I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDERS PLATE II: THE EPOCHAL WARS PLATE III: THE INTERNATIONAL ORDERS PLATE IV: BASES FOR LEGITIMACY PLATE V: HISTORIC, STRATEGIC, AND CONSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

All life is an experiment. Every important decision is taken with inadequate knowledge by imperfect men and women whom the future will confound. Yet we act nevertheless.