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Quote from Winston Churchill,


"This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline."


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Winston Churchill (more quotes by Winston Churchill or books by/about Winston Churchill)


(1874-1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945, 1951-1955)

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Arms, Government, History, Learning, Peace, Power, Truth, War

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