Fall Quote by Noam Chomsky

I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.

— Al Franken

Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When…

— Ellen Tauscher

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable…

— Michael Howard

“It is not realistic to put legal constraints on war powers. Law works through general prospective rules that apply to a range of factual…

— Eric A. Posner

I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.

— Walter Cronkite

There are plenty of cases of war being begun before it is declared.

— Arthur Balfour

A state may launch a pre-emptive strike if it has very good reason for thinking that another state is preparing for war.

— David Oderberg

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

— Albert Einstein

The laws of war right now say that we can respond when our country is threatened. That is what international law says.

— Jill Stein

I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a…

— Nancy Pelosi

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

War's balance will prevail.

— Janet Morris