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> [Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/our-first-and-most-pressing-problem-is-how-to-do-away-with-warfare-as/)

[Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/)

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> [Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups or between groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to be run.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/our-first-and-most-pressing-problem-is-how-to-do-away-with-warfare-as-2/)

[Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/)

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