pacem

Si vis pacem, para bellum may be a practical advice, but the outcome of it is an arms race.

But as the phrase the bullet cartridge is named after goes: Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Si vis pacem, para bellum - only an overwhelming imbalance of force is dissuasive enough to avoid conflict and enjoy a relatively free and safe global environment.

The worst version of Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

Darnedest thing about group relations no matter the size just one bad apple is enough to ignite the powder keg even if most of the keg agrees to keep the peace, so the old adage remains true and will remain true probably: Si vis pacem, 9mm rimless.

It's not since the 19th century that people like me have been common, though the ideas I'm riffing on were already old during the Roman Empire, who succesfully implemented the only known formula for world peace discovered to date (si vis pacem, para bellum).

Parabellum - derived from the latin Si vis pacem, para bellum - "If you seek peace, prepare for war".

You must mean, "si vis pacem para bellum".

If you believe "si vis pacem, para bellum", then yes, moral plus essential.

Preparing for war and preparing to win." Clausewitz said the same thing, and the Romans were saying "Si vis pacem, para bellum" about 2500 years ago.