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Bertha von Suttner

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Bertha von Suttner, born on June 9, 1843, and died on June 21, 1914, was a prominent Austrian novelist and peace activist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is best known for her novel 'The Peace Bridge,' which had a significant impact on the peace movement. Suttner was a co-founder of the Peace League and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for her contributions to the peace cause.

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“The village is ours--no it is the enemy's--now ours again--and yet once more the enemy's; but it is no longer a village, but a smoking mass of the ruins of houses.”

Author:Bertha von Suttner

“Your 'yes' [vote for war] will rob that mother of her only child. Yours will put that poor fellow's eyes out. Yours will set fire to a collection of books which cannot be replaced. Yours will dash out the brains of a poet who would have been the glory of his country. But you have all voted 'yes' to this, just in order not to appear cowards, as if the only thing one had to fear in giving assent was what regards onesself.”

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“One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.”

Individual Rights Truth Is Eternal

Author:Bertha von Suttner

“After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.”

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“Strange how blind people are! They are horrified by the torture chambers of the Middle Ages, but their arsenals fill them with pride!”

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Born: June 9, 1843
Died: June 21, 1914
Known for: Novelist
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