... of man over man. If reduced to its elements, political realism can be defined by the saying "might is right" (Alex Moseley 2003). Realism has it roots in texts such as Theucydides" Pelopennesian War, Machiavelli's The Prince, Thomas Hobbes" Leviathan and various other texts including William Shakespeare's Richard III. The basic premise of realism, is that "objective laws" rooted within human ... nature govern politics. "Objective laws" is used in this context to mean people behaving in a predictable way. Morgenthau states that "[I]n order to improve society it is first necessary to under...

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