Preventive Quotes

“The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part.”

“Happiness is the cure—a cheerful mind the preventive: cultivate both.”

“Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.”

“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.”

“I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.”

“Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.”

“This was a great year for preventive worrying. Seldom in recent history have so many people worried about so many things that didn't happen in the end.”

“Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.”

“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.”