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It has been proven time and again that men do make war but are unable to make peace themselves.
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The quote contrasts the ability to start wars with the inability to establish peace alone. It says that repeated experience has shown men can make war, but cannot bring about lasting peace by themselves. The point is not that peace is impossible, but that making it requires something more than the power or actions that produce conflict.
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