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“Ik heb nooit, zoals als zij, geloofd in militaire triomfen in naam van God, volk of staat. Ik ben gepokt en gemazeld een Vlaming van de nooit-meer-oorloggeneratie. De lessen van het verspilde bloed aan Den IJzer, en in alle Europese loopgraven van '14-'18, zijn me met de paplepel ingegeven. Een goede oorlog? Dat is een tegenstrijdigheid in de bewoordingen.”

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