Sunday, June 06, 2004

NEW HOPES FOR A CHANGING WORLD

You can, if you think fit, prepare children for a military life by teaching them all to do the same thing at the same moment when they hear the word of command. If you do, they will grow up thwarted and stunted and full of deep-seated anger against the world – no doubt useful emotions if they are to be soldiers employed in killing, but not if they are to be happy citizens of a world at peace.
To stop war, we must not only work on governments; we must cleanse our own hearts of the poisons that make war seem reasonable: pride, fear, greed, envy, and contempt. It is a difficult business, but if it cannot be achieved, the end is death.

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