Source: Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700), The Secular Masque (1700), Lines 86–91.
““That was the time to begin all-out preparations for war.”
“On the contrary. That was the time to begin all-out prevention of war.””
Part III, The Mayors, section 1
The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)
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Ernest Bevin
(1881–1951) British labour leader, politician, and statesman
Hansard, House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 376, col. 1336.
Speech in the House of Commons, 4 December 1941.
Richard Sherman (American football)
(1988) American football player
Press conference (16 September 2015), as quoted in "Video: Richard Sherman speaks passionately on Black Lives Matter" https://web.archive.org/web/20150917000340/http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/video-richard-sherman-speaks-passionately-on-black-lives-matter/ (16 September 2015), by Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington.
Press conference (16 September 2015)
Context: A lot of people had sent to me over the weekend, but I thought this would be the best place to address it. There were some points in that article, or in that post, that were relevant and I could agree with. But there were also some obviously ignorant points in there. I don't think any time's a time to call out for an all-out war against police or any race of people. I thought that was an ignorant statement. But as a black man, I do understand that black lives matter. You know, I stand for that, I believe in that wholeheartedly.
“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”
Albert Einstein
(1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Now is the time to prevent a third world war.”
Kirby Page
(1890–1957) American clergyman
Now is the Time to Prevent a Third World War (1950)
Context: World government must progressively be established, common problems must be solved by common action, economic and racial justice and fellowship must be achieved... empires must be transformed into commonwealths, the race of armaments must be stopped and the system of balance-of-armed-power must be brought to an end, the churches must take Jesus seriously by trusting goodwill and pacific means and by disentangling themselves from the war system, a mighty movement of peoples must be created so that governments will maintain friendly and cooperative relations and will refrain from hostile and provocative actions.... Now is the time to prevent a third world war.
Source: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Book I, 1.1-[1] (opening lines...)
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
“Happy the state which in times of peace is yet prepared for war.”
Felix est illa civitas quae in pace bellum cogitat.
Gerald of Wales
(1146) Medieval clergyman and historian
Book 2, chapter 9, p. 271.
Compare Vegetius De Re Militari: "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" (Let him who desires peace prepare for war).
Descriptio Cambriae (The Description of Wales) (1194)
L. Neil Smith
(1946) American writer
"Empire of Lies" Presented to the Libertarian Party of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 15 June 2003 http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2003/libe228-20030622-01.html.