[lbo-talk] Re: great quote?

[frank scott]

"it is an unquestionable fact that Western democracies created unprecedented
peace and prosperity, thus ending the state of perpetual war that
characterized earlier stages of development,"

alfred e. newman?

curly, (or moe) wittgenstein?

anyway, it would look great as the caption under a laminated photo of hiroshima, dresden or one of those other - countless - events indicating the triumphant ending of perpetual war...

fs