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Peace then has to be the DESPERATE IMPERATIVE of humanity.
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The quote presents peace as humanity’s most urgent and unavoidable duty. Calling it a “desperate imperative” gives the idea great force: peace is not a passive hope or a distant ideal, but something people must actively pursue because the future of humanity depends on it.
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- NobelPrize.org — Seán MacBride Nobel Lecture
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- Official Statement
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