A Wish For My American Cousins
On this day, as you elect a new President, I wish you peace.
Peace in your democratic exercise.
Peace between your people.
Peace with other nations.
Whatever the outcome of today’s election, no matter which party wins, no matter if you celebrate with joy or weep in despair, may peace be your guide.
I leave you with wise words and a hopeful heart.
“If our modern world should be able to recapture the power, the earth’s natural resources and web of life would not be irrevocably wasted within the Twentieth century…..True democracy founded in neighborhoods and reaching over the world become the realized heaven on earth. And living peace, not just an interlude between wars, would be born and would last through the ages.”
— John Collier
Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force.
— Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Let us continue to strive together for a more inclusive, democratic, and peaceful future for us all.
— Fernando Cardoso
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
— Albert Einstein
Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.
— Nelson Mandela
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