"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolution in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion." - William Inge
Also:
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
Also:
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche