Quotation by

Bertolt Brecht

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

Bertolt Brecht

Peace

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The speaker suggests that people around them are so restless and disorganized during peaceful times that a war might actually bring order and purpose. They believe peace leads to chaos because it lacks the structure and control that conflict imposes.

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