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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.
23857 | People in power always try to increase their power [Weil] |
23858 | War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil] |
23859 | True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil] |
23856 | Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil] |
23860 | Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil] |