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Full Idea
War perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war.
Gist of Idea
War is perpetuated by its continual preparations
Source
Simone Weil (Prospects: Proletarian Revolution? [1933], p.16)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.16
A Reaction
There are periods when military preparations are scaled down, but a reason is always found to scale them back up again.
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| 8238 | Seeking peace through war is like looking for fish up a tree [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
| 19783 | A state of war remains after a conquest, if the losers don't accept the winners [Rousseau] |
| 21074 | Some trust in the enemy is needed during wartime, or peace would be impossible [Kant] |
| 24100 | If you don't want war, remove your borders; but you set up borders because you want war [Nietzsche] |
| 23858 | War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil] |
| 23592 | We can only lead war towards peace if we firmly enforce the rules of war [Walzer] |
| 23618 | Unconditional surrender can't be demanded, since evil losers still have legitimate conditions [McMahan] |
| 20691 | Real peace is the implausibility of war (and not just its absence) [Harari] |