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QUOTATION:Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes it difficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare.
ATTRIBUTION:Amos Elon (b. 1926), Israeli author, journalist. New Yorker (April 23, 1990).
 
 
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