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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.

Frank B. Kellogg

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Frank B. Kellogg
Age: 80 †
Born: 1856
Born: December 22
Died: 1937
Died: December 21
Diplomat
Former U.S. Senator
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Frank Billings Kellogg
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It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.
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