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“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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Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha Von Tilling

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Bertha von Suttner
Bertha von Suttner

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. more

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