Quotes from Hans Morgenthau

Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man.

Propaganda replaces moral philosophy.

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

Power positions do not yield to arguments, however rationally and morally valid, but only to superior power.

Man will not live without answers to his questions.

Throughout the nation's history, the national destiny of the United States has been understood in antimilitaristic, libertarian terms.