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— Livy"Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods."
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Mutually Assured Destruction, MAD, works only as long as it works; it does not know what to do if deterrence fails, for it envisions no defensive capabilities. A deterrent works until it is needed; then one needs defenses.
— Jerry Pournelle
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Man is constantly being assured that he has more power than ever before in history, but his daily experience is one of powerlessness. ... If he is with a business organization, the odds are great that he has sacrificed every other kind of independence in return for that dubious one known as financial.
— Richard M. Weaver
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