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There must appear a spiritual and moral leadership rising above economic and political situations. Governments in both their domestic and foreign policies appeal for popular support by promises of material gain. We cannot make peace by mere appeal to greed. We must give the peoples of the world something to live for as well as something to live on.

John Haynes Holmes

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John Haynes Holmes
Age: 84 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 29
Died: 1964
Died: April 3
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