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]

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.
   • 2012, Elie Wiesel, 'Never Again': From a Holocaust phrase to a universal phrase‎^[1]:

     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     Yet, as Rose says, "Never again is obsolete.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^[2]:

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

• (at no time in the future): nevermore

• never forget