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

- Hans Morgenthau

When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men. By political power we refer to the mutual relations of control…

- Hans Morgenthau

Political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. It is also aware of the ineluctable tension between the moral command and t…

- Hans Morgenthau

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

- 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.

- Hans Morgenthau

Man will not live without answers to his questions.

- Hans Morgenthau

The statesman must think in terms of the national interest, conceived as power among other powers. The popular mind, unaware of the fine distinctions…

- Hans Morgenthau

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

- Hans Morgenthau

Propaganda replaces moral philosophy.

- Hans Morgenthau