Analysis of Historical Perspectives on Power

He also wrote The Lessons of History, a very brief, 100-page book, in which he said,

well, history proves that, unfortunately and unhappily, Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan.

Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good.

Aggression will overcome moderation.

So you have no choice.

If you look at the world as it is today, you have to be blind not to see

that the democracies led by the United States have to reassert their will to defend themselves

and to oppose their enemies in time while there's still time,

before the jarring gong of danger wakes them up and wakes them up too late.

This is where we are now.

The fact that people don't see that, the fact that a lot of the news media are harking on a lot of fake news,

but also a lot of short-sightedness and do not see the historic period

and the historic struggle that we are engaged in now, doesn't obviate these truths.

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