The Biggest Lesson I Learned From Vietnam

Education Is A Slow-moving But Powerful Force. It May Not Be Fast Enough Or Strong Enough To Save Us From Catastrophe, But It Is The Strongest Force Available For That Purpose And In Its Proper Place, Therefore, Is Not At The Periphery, But At The Center Of International Relations.

The Biggest Lesson I Learned From Vietnam Is Not To Trust [our Own] Government Statements.

"the Making Of Peace Is A Continuing Process That Must Go On From Day To Day, From Year To Year, So Long As Our Civilization Shall Last."

We Are Inclined To Confuse Freedom And Democracy, Which We Regard As Moral Principles, With The Way In Which They Are Practiced In America With Capitalism, Federalism, And The Two-party System, Which Are Not Moral Principles But Simply The Preferred And Accepted Practices Of The American People.

Educational Exchange Can Turn Nations Into People, Contributing As No Other Form Of Communication Can To The Humanizing Of International Relations. Man's Capacity For Decent Behavior Seems To Vary Directly With His Perception Of Others As Individual Humans With Human Motives And Feelings, Whereas His Capacity For Barbarism Seems Related To His Perception Of An Adversary In Abstract Terms, As The Embodiment, That Is, Of Some Evil Design Or Ideology.