Our
work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us.
To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build
a world of justice, we must be just. And how can we fight for liberty
if we are not free in our own minds? How can we ask others to sacrifice
if we are not ready to do so?... Only in true surrender to the interest
of all can we reach that strength and independence, that unity of
purpose, that equity of judgment which are necessary if we are to
measure up to our duty to the future, as men of a generation to whom the
chance was given to build in time a world of peace.
Dag Hammarskjöld, in UN Press Release SG/360 (22 December 1953).
(Art by Alé Garza)
