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Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes: War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
         

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.


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