“If humans fight the last war, nature fights the next one.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 46
“I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”
Source: The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt
Source: letter to Harry Truman, 22 March 1948
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Context: Any man who sees Europe now must realize that victory in a great war is not something you win once and for all, like victory in a ball game. Victory in a great war is something that must be won and kept won. It can be lost after you have won it — if you are careless or negligent or indifferent.
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