Reinhold Niebuhr quote: Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace ...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

~ Reinhold Niebuhr ~

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