It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart. (John Knowles)

It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.

John Knowles

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