Trantor could win even such a war, but perhaps not without paying a price that would make victory only a pleasanter name for defeat. Empire novels (1950)
To MankindAnd the hope that the war against folly may someday be won, after all. The Gods Themselves (1972)
“That was the time to begin all-out preparations for war.”“On the contrary. That was the time to begin all-out prevention of war.” The Foundation series (1951)