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Reinhold Niebuhr Zitate

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Demokratien sind zwar in der Tat langsam, um Krieg zu führen, aber sobald sie sich auf ein Kriegsgefecht stoßen, sind sie ebenso langsam, um Frieden zu schaffen, und sie zögern, eher einen erträglichen als einen rachsüchtigen Frieden zu machen.

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