Outgrowing Self-deception

"One of the supreme creations of the human spirit is the idea of prevention. Like liberty and equality, it is a seminal concept drawn from a reservoir of optimism that centuries of epidemics, famines, and wars have failed to deplete... At present only problems that attain crisis proportion seem to attract the attention of politicians or diplomats. Our leaders simply are not attuned to deal with incipient disorders at a time when prevention is possible." --Kevin Cahill M.D.

In matters of peace and security, as in medicine, prevention is self-evidently better than cure. It saves lives and money and it forestalls suffering." --Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, from Preventative Diplomacy