A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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