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In asking for security, we simply follow the rules of prudence, whether between individuals or nations.
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Sumner explains that seeking security in international dealings is a prudent practice, applicable to both individuals and nations.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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