Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.
In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.
Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.
War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.