"don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have re- belled long ago! There’s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start allover again!"

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Source: Voices Carry by Alice Hoffman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.

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Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager whose diary chronicled her life in hiding during the Holocaust, offering profound insights into human nature and resilience.

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