I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of extermi…

T. S. Eliot
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I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival ✨ T. S. Eliot (2014). Notes towards the Definition of Culture, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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