The Vietnamese people deeply love independence freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up united as one man.

We must have our say not through violence aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land the free holding of whoever chose but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it against aggression.

In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care the tie between relationship and responsibility and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.