We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.

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We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide.

Ramsay MacDonald

1930

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MacDonald, Ramsay. Observer. 4 May 1930.

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We hear war called murder. It is not: it is suicide. — Ramsay MacDonald

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