Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.
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If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.
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Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.
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