Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 2041 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Halford John Mackinder (1861–1947) |
| QUOTATION: | When our Statesmen are in conversation with the defeated enemy, some airy cherub should whisper to them from time to time this saying: Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland: Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island: Who rules the World-Island commands the World. |
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| SUBJECTS: | World domination |