Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to… - Thucydides

" "
Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other...

Thucydides

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Thucydides

Thucydides (or Thoukydides)(c. 472 BC – c. 400 BC) was an ancient Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens. This work is widely regarded a classic and represents the first work of its kind.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Θουκυδίδης

All quotes from Thucydides Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Thucydides:

Plutarch Niccolò Machiavelli Napoleon Titus Livius Winston Churchill

Additional quotes by Thucydides

The people made their recollections fit in with their sufferings

[T]he Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

the question is not so much whether they are guilty as whether we are making the right decision for ourselves.

Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other... - Thucydides

About Thucydides

Also Known As

Share this quote as an image

Additional quotes by Thucydides