Well, the militarists say, 'If you want peace, prepare for war.' An ancient Roman adage - it's nonsense. The whole of history has proved it's wrong. If you want peace, prepare for peace.
Interviewed in War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer. His whole statement is very striking. I encourage you to listen to it.
I like his saying much better than the old Roman adage, but the Roman version is (no surprise) much more popular in our world. Do a Google search for each, in quotes and you see that one version appears on the internet 3.7 million times, while the other a paltry 23 thousand and change.
There is also a considerable disparity between "fight fire with fire" and "fight fire with water", though not so great in amplitude.
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