Bubonic plague Quote by Alice Walker

“To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun it ... as they once shunned bubonic plague.” quote by Alice Walker — Download Open image

“To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun it ... as they once shunned bubonic plague.”

Alice Walker

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