The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c16.s2.t1.22

c16.s2.t1.22

The *vijigîṣu* would think like Maude of the British War-office that the "surest means of keeping the peace is war", or like Stockton, the American militarist, that "the army and the navy is not a burden during peace, but if properly maintained is but a paying business proposition". He can also have the idealism of a Hegel in order to support his *sâdhanâ* or *Streben* to win the place in the sun, and if necessary may as well induct the ancient Greek sophists in his service to prove that might is right.