Karl R. PopperIt is complete nihilism to propose laying down arms in a world where atom bombs are around. It is very simple: there is no way of achieving peace other than with weapons.
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The quote above is often attributed to Ernest Hemingway. It is, however, wrong. The man who said it was the English pacifist and thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Source: Lesson Of This Century: With Two Talks On Freedom And The Democratic State
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