Lewis Mumford Quotes About Peace
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In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer.
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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
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When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they gain in peace they lose in sensibility and significance.
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The physical lot of surviving workers had notably improved, with unemployment insurance, social security, and the new health services, while their children's school education was assured by the government-operated schools: in addition, they had, for intellectual or emotional stimulus and diversion, the radio and the television. But the work itself was no longer as various, as interesting, or as sustaining to the personality.
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War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing.
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