• Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.

    Chris Hedges: Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.
    Chris Hedges (2007). “What Every Person Should Know About War”, p.1, Simon and Schuster