Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed? (Marquis de Sade)

Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?

Marquis de Sade

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