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“Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest.”

Quote by Rowan Williams

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According to limited information, Rowan Williams is a poet born on June 14, 1950. Specific biographical details and representative works are not readily available. more

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