QUOTES
"Mankind
must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until
that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and
prestige that the warrior does today."
"The mere absence of war is not peace."
"Peace
is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding
old barriers, quietly building new structures."
"Peace
does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds
of the people."
But
peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts
and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on
paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work
for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can.
I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.
"Never
have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together
we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames."
"Tolerance
implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression
or persecution of others."
"World
peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor
-- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting
their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement."
"Our
most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the
same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
One
man can make a difference, and every man should try.
The
world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish
all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
In
giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves.
"The
Supreme Reality of Our Time is...the Vulnerability of our Planet"
"It
is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those
who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural
wealth and beauty which is ours."
I
look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which
will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great
old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will
build handsome and balanced cities for our future.
We
are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or
to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
A
revolution is coming - a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough;
compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough - but a
revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character,
we cannot alter its inevitability.
“The
goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”
Today,
every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may
no longer be habitable. Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword
of Damocles hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any
moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be
abolished before they abolish us… The mere existence of modern weapons … is a
sources of horror and discord and distrust.
There
are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-
range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
