The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only …

Desiderius Erasmus
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The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war. ✨ Desiderius Erasmus, Erika Rummel (1990). The Erasmus Reader, p.313, University of Toronto Press
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The majority of the common people loathe war and pray for peace; only a handful of individuals, whose evil joys depend on general misery, desire war. ✨ Desiderius Erasmus, Erika Rummel (1990). The Erasmus Reader, p.313, University of Toronto Press

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