As A Civilian During The Second War,

A Great Gulf, However, Has Been Opened Between Man's Material Advance And His Social And Moral Progress, A Gulf In Which He May One Day Be Lost If It Is Not Closed Or Narrowed.

Today Continuing Poverty And Distress Are A Deeper And More Important Cause Of International Tensions, Of The Conditions That Can Produce War, Than Previously.

We Must Keep On Trying To Solve Problems, One By One, Stage By Stage, If Not On The Basis Of Confidence And Cooperation, At Least On That Of Mutual Toleration And Self-interest.

No State, Furthermore, Unless It Has Aggressive Military Designs Such As Those Which Consumed Nazi Leaders In The Thirties, Is Likely To Divert To Defense Any More Of Its Resources And Wealth And Energy Than Seems Necessary.

As A Soldier, I Survived World War I When Most Of My Comrades Did Not.