“Someone starts building war power – power to insure peace, as they always say. Then other systems must have power to protect themselves. Strength begets force – and fear and hatred. Sooner or later, the strain is too great, and you have a war so horrible that its very horror makes surrender impossible.”

“Someone starts building war power – power to insure peace, as they always say. Then other systems must have power to protect themselves. Strength begets force – and fear and hatred. Sooner or later, the strain is too great, and you have a war so horrible that its very horror makes surrender impossible.”

— David Gerrold