The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
Interpretation
The pursuit of peace is a long-term effort that involves thoughtful planning and the contributions of many individuals.
Hubert H. Humphrey's quote likens the pursuit of peace to constructing a grand cathedral, emphasizing that achieving peace is a generational endeavor requiring vision and collaborative effort. Just as a cathedral takes time and the hard work of many skilled laborers, so too does the creation of a peaceful society necessitate careful planning, dedication, and collective action from all members of the community.
In practice
This quote can be shared during peace rallies to emphasize the need for collective action.
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
The President is the peoples lobbyist.
Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
I am at peace with God and all mankind.
What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.
We have the ability to achieve, if we master the necessary goodwill, a common global society blessed with a shared culture of peace that is nourished by the ethnic, national and local diversities that enrich our lives.
If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed, than Jews and Arabs must be able to do the same.
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