Perpetual war refers to a lasting state of war with no clear ending conditions. It also describes a situation of ongoing tension that seems likely to escalate at any moment, similar to the Cold War.
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Famous quotes containing the words perpetual and/or war:
“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Those who dare to interpret God’s will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another. War springs from the love and loyalty which should be offered to God being applied to some God substitute, one of the most dangerous being nationalism.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)