Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.
“I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything.”
“O, how glorious would it be to set my heel upon the Pole and turn myself 360 degrees in a second!”