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A war too strong to prevent is too strong to steer toward liberal ends
Drawn from what Randolph Bourne said
What Randolph Bourne actually said
- Randolph Bourne American essayist (1886 to 1918)
If the war is too strong for you to prevent, how is it going to be weak enough for you to control and mold to your liberal purposes?
Where this was said
↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org
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