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You can never have international peace as long as you have national poverty.

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Stephen Leacock
Age: 74 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 30
Died: 1944
Died: March 28
Economist
Humorist
Political Scientist
Writer
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Stephen Butler Leacock
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