The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Stanley Kubrick

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Topic

Morality in foreign policy Foreign policy International politics Might makes right

Speaker

Stanley Kubrick

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Film director

From

United States

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Kubrick, Stanley. Quoted in The Guardian. 5 June 1963.

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English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

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Pope John XXIII
Source
Pacem in Terris
Medium
Letter
Genre
Papal encyclical Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

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