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Bernard Baruch

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.

Bernard Baruch

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Bernard Baruch is saying that reducing weapons does not automatically create peace; instead, peace must come first before disarmament can happen. He emphasizes that looking at the last fifty years shows that efforts to disarm only succeed after a peaceful situation is established.

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