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“Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.”

Quote by Baudouin of Belgium

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Baudouin of Belgium

Baudouin I of Belgium, full name Baudouin Albert Henry Marie Louis François, was the King of the Belgians, reigning from 1934 until his death in 1993. He was the son of King Leopold III and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in Belgian history. more

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