The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men. (Norman Angell)

The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.

Norman Angell

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