Human beings are born for peace; they like to grow up in peace. They like to raise their children in peace, and they like to say goodbye to this beautiful life in peace. Then why are we always preparing for war?

Debasish Mridha
About This Quote

This quote is taken from the autobiography of Robert McNamara, who served as the United States Secretary of Defense during most of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He was one of the most powerful men in the world during this time, but after the war in Vietnam began he realized that humans are not born to fight war. He also believed that peace was something far better than war.

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