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The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth the trouble; it must be possible to portray it as the ultimate evil and an imminent threat to our survival.

— Noam Chomsky

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.

— Ron Paul

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

— Raul Castro

War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.

— Ehud Barak

The primary goal of the War on Terror is to prevent an attack from happening.

— Marco Rubio

War can be prevented only by broad-minded statesmanship - a statesmanship that understands how to enlist people's interests in a leading cause.

— Ellen Key

Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims.

— Felipe VI of Spain

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor.

— John Mayer

✗Opposing Perspectives

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

— John Randolph