To change a whole nation from a basis of peacetime production of implements of peace to a basis of wartime production of implements of war is no small task.

在和平时期要改变整个国家，和平武器的生产成为了战时武器生产的战争的基础，这不是一个微小的任务。

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Today, we are happy that those flames of war have been extinguished, and that now we are about to watch the flames of peace, destroying some of the implements of war.

BBC: The President's speech