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“We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.” quote by James F. Byrnes — Download Open image

“We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.”

James F. Byrnes

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The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

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Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

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