We must therefore look with grave misgivings upon the psychology of the ‘crusade' or on the notion that we can make the world over in our own image either by persuasion or by coercion. (Henry Steele Commager)

We must therefore look with grave misgivings upon the psychology of the ‘crusade' or on the notion that we can make the world over in our own image either by persuasion or by coercion.

Henry Steele Commager

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