I am really feeling how unnecessary this conflict is, this turning brother on brother, friend on friend. It is manufactured, created. By whom, exactly, I can’t say. It is a complex process, but that it springs from a root of hatred is, to my mind, indisputable.
Who are these people who want us at war with one another? Besides things, besides gold and silver, what do they get? And why do they want it?
Man’s misery lasts a long time. The old adage was “all that glitters is not gold.” The new adage is “all that glitters IS gold.”
We know how to build happiness and lasting peace. Why can’t we? Why can’t we?