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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
39Th U.S. President
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