In the words of poet Walt Whitman: "It is for the interest of mankind that America's power and territory should be extended -- the farther,the better."

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We should base American foreign policy on power and interest alone."

我们应该,在制定外交政策时只考虑权力和利益问题“

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

If justice is truly in the interests of the stronger, doesn't that require some kind of knowledge, some kind of reflection on the part of those in power ? to know what is really and truly in their interest?

如果正义真是强者的利益，那难道不需要某些知识，或说以握权者的角度,反思以了解,什么才是对他们真正有利的吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

These passionate attachments are not merely something that take place you might say between different regimes but even within them as different parties and groups with loyalties and attachments contend for power for honor and for interest.

这些热情的忠诚,不只是发生在,不同的政体之间,甚至是在政体内的不同政党与团体,依恃着忠诚与情感附属,来竞逐权力，荣耀与利益。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选