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Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.
Alva Myrdal
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"Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong."
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Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong. — Alva Myrdal

About Alva Myrdal

Alva Myrdal was a Diplomat from Sweden (1902–1986).

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Who said "Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he…"?
This quote is attributed to Alva Myrdal, a Diplomat from Sweden.
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Alva Myrdal lived from 1902 – 1986.
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