At bottom, every state regards another as a gang of robbers who will f…

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At bottom, every state regards another as a gang of robbers who will fall upon it as soon as there is an opportunity. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays, p.243, Oxford University Press
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At bottom, every state regards another as a gang of robbers who will fall upon it as soon as there is an opportunity. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays, p.243, Oxford University Press

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