“The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”
Source: On War (1832), Book 6, Ch. 2
“Human beings always say they prefer peace, but it takes a saint to talk us into not assaulting our neighbors.”
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John Barnes
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Earth Made of Glass
Earth Made of Glass (1998)
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