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John Foster Dulles

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.
John Foster Dulles
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John Foster Dulles is saying that lasting peace cannot be achieved if people only put their energy and resources into preparing for or engaging in war. Instead, during peaceful times, we should focus on developing our ethical and spiritual strengths, which are often only fully used in wartime.

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