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One of the items hanging above the case as of 2009 is the following quotation from Sadako:
“Please treasure the life that is given to you. Please experience all the things I could not experience in my life. I entrust a small heart of compassion... to all of you. It is my belief that my small paper crane will enable you to understand other people’s feelings as if they are your own.”18
Do you think the atomic bomb was a necessary evil in WWII? Use facts to support your opinion.
Think about someone whose life story has been important to you. Describe the person’s story in your own words and explain why it has value to you. What is the value of one person’s story?
QUOTES OF PEACE BY FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY
“There is no duty more important than ensuring…[that the lives of children] are free from fear
and want and that they grow up in peace.”
Kofi.Annan,.the.Seventh.Secretary.General.of.the.United.Nations
“We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.”
Martin.Luther.King,.Jr .,.Civil.Rights.Activist
“Human beings…have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom.”
The.14th.Dalai.Lama,.Religious.Leader
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”
Albert.Einstein,.Scientist
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.”
John.Lennon,.Musician
“To reach peace, teach peace.”
Pope.John.Paul.II,.Religious.Leader
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it.
One must work at it.”
Eleanor.Roosevelt,.34th.First.Lady.of.the.United.States
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“All works of love are works of peace.” “Peace begins with a smile.”
Mother.Teresa,.Religious.Leader
“Peace is always beautiful.”
Walt.Whitman,.Writer,.in.Leaves.of.Grass
“There was never a good war, or a bad peace.”
Benjamin.Franklin,.one.of.the.Founding.Fathers.of.the.United.States
“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
George.Washington,.First.President.of.the.United.States
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