It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier to end the peace than end the war, because peace is fragile and war is durable.

Mark Kurlansky
It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier...
It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier...
It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier...
It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier...
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Centuries ago, Centuries ago, Buddha said that it is more difficult to promote peace than war. This is because, unlike war, it is not easy to get people to agree to peace. And if they do agree to peace, it's not easy to keep them there and yet with war, it's easy to get people on board and make them fight for the cause.

Source: Nonviolence: Twentyfive Lessons From The History Of A Dangerous Idea

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