Carolina QuotesHistory teaches us that war is not inevitable. Once again, it is for us to choose whether we use war or some other method of settling the ordinary and unavoidable conflicts between groups of men.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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What Are You Going To Do About It? The case for constructive peace (1936)
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- 1936
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