“I shall speak this evening not to divide but to unite … (I) have to admit that everything stands in the way of such a wish … almost deprived of the right to speak even before anyone knows what (I) intend to say. … “But it seemed to me possible … to come and echo among you a purely humanitarian appeal … addressed to both camps in the hope they will accept a truce insofar as innocent civilians are concerned. …
Call For a Civilian Truce From Seventy Years Ago
The possibility that words as these never be spoken again is rare, let us never lose hope in that concept. Thanks
Thank you Doug -- the current wars and our current politics certainly reflect this. Hope we can learn from our past instead of repeating it.