Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. (John Boyd Orr)

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

John Boyd Orr

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