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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 and learning, not just from political actions. She believes that politics can only prevent wars temporarily, but only education can create a deep, lasting peace.

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