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There are kinds of peace which are highly undesirable, which are in the long run as destructive as any war.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “There are kinds of peace which are highly undesirable, which are in the long run as destructive as any war.”
Editor's note · Context
He warns that some forms of peace can be as harmful as war.
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