Baudouin of Belgium Quotes

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace.It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.

Baudouin of Belgium

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  Baudouin of Belgium
  • War
  • Destroy
  • Victim