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You never hear of circumstances out of our control rushing us into peace, do you?
— Foreign Correspondent · 1940
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker asks, rhetorically, whether anyone has ever heard of circumstances beyond our control hurrying us into peace. The implied answer is no: circumstances are readily blamed for pushing people into things, yet peace seems to demand deliberate choice. The wry question hints at how selectively excuses get used.
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