Quotations about:
preparedness
Note not all quotations have been tagged, so Search may find additional quotes on this topic.
If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It’s the surest barometer in the world.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
(Attributed)
Quoted in Bryan B. Sterling, ed., The Best of Will Rogers (1990).
Added on 10-Jan-14 | Last updated 10-Jan-14
Link to this post
Topics: defense, military, preparedness
More quotes by Rogers, Will
HAMLET: If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 234ff (5.2.234) (c. 1600)
(
Source)
Added on 8-May-12 | Last updated 29-Jan-24
Link to this post
Topics: anticipation, preparation, preparedness, readiness
More quotes by Shakespeare, William