“There is a Roman dictum, ‘If you want peace, prepare for war.’  This has been diligently followed for over 2,000 years. It has always resulted in more war. We need a new dictum: ‘If you want peace, prepare for peace.’”

from David Krieger’s essay ”The Challenge of Peace”
in the book Hold Hope, Wage Peace
David Krieger has a website at http://www.wagingpeace.org/