never again

Current use as slogan popularized after the Holocaust, including by Meir Kahane's titular 1972 book and Jewish Defense League's 1968 adoption of the slogan.^[1][2]

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never again (not comparable)

1. (set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc., which should not be allowed to reoccur.
   • 1941 December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5:09 from the start, in Day of Infamy Speech‎^[1], Washington, D.C.:

     No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

   • 2012, Elie Wiesel, 'Never Again': From a Holocaust phrase to a universal phrase‎^[2]:

     Never again becomes more than a slogan: It’s a prayer, a promise, a vow … never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence

   • 2014, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Whitney Douglas, Sara W. Fry, The Activist Learner: Inquiry, Literacy, and Service to Make Learning Better, Teachers College Press, →ISBN, page 93:

     Yet, as Rose says, "Never again is obsolete. Never again is now.” She points out that there are contemporary genocides and many human rights violations happening at this very second. Rose's words challenge us all to respond to the moral imperative of standing up when confronted by injustice, ...

   • 2025 January 28, “The Fall of Goma”, in Council on Foreign Relations‎^[3]:

     What could be more cynical than a cash grab wrapped up in “never again?”

• (at no time in the future): nevermore

• never forget