Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. Each and every state that does not tamper with our security will have automatically assured its own security.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Security is framed as a mutual responsibility where states must not threaten others to be safe themselves.
- In plain terms
- Your security depends on your actions, not leaders. Do not threaten us.
- What can you take from it?
- Mutual security requires not interfering with others.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How is security achieved?
- Do states have equal obligations?
Another view
The view assumes all states act similarly regarding security threats.
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