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Maria Montessori

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.

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Maria Montessori is saying that true and permanent peace comes from teaching people how to understand and respect each other, which education provides. Political actions can only prevent wars temporarily but cannot create the deep, ongoing harmony that learning and knowledge can build.

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