Quotation by

William McKinley

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

Peace

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Before deciding to go to war, all possible peaceful solutions must be tried and proven ineffective. Only when every effort to maintain peace has been exhausted is it justifiable to consider war.

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