"he who has the power often has the right,and he whois weak can only with difficulty keep from being wrong in the opinion of the majority of the world"
"By conceding that the Versailles settlement was inquitous, the victors eroded the psychological basis for defending it. The victors of the Napoleonic Wars had made a generous peace, but they had also organized the Quadruple Alliance in order to leave no ambiguity about their determination to defend "