A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought.

George F. Kennan

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Topic

Preparing for war War

Author

George F. Kennan

Source

The Cloud of Danger

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Diplomat Historian

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennan, George Frost. The Cloud of Danger: Current Realities of American Foreign Policy. Little, Brown and Company, 1977, ch. 13.

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It ain't over till it's over.

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1973 1970s 20th century
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God has pity on kindergarten children.
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And on grownups he has no pity at all,
he leaves them alone,
and sometimes they must crawl on all fours
in the burning sand
to reach the first-aid station
covered with blood.

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God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children

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Author

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Source
God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
Medium
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Language
Hebrew
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

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Another quote of the following type Paradox

One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
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Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography
Statement Type
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Language
Greek
Time
279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Current Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.