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Simone Weil Quotes: It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.
         

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.


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This page presents the quote "It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.". Author of this quote is Simone Weil. This quote is about order, arms, victory, men,.