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By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first.

Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1908
Born: November 8
Died: 1998
Died: February 15
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
Martha Ellis Gellhorn
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