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A standing army secures peace no more than carrying arms makes a citizen peaceful
Drawn from what Emma Goldman said
What Emma Goldman actually said
- Emma Goldman Lithuanian-born American anarchist writer and activist (1869 to 1940)
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed.
Where this was said
↗Anarchism and Other Essays (1910)gutenberg.org
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