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In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
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- Richard M. Nixon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Richard Nixon: life dates 1913 to 1994. Wikidata Q9588, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9588 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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