Quote of the Day -- Elie Wiesel

Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

-- Elie Wiesel

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According to the Nobel Prize organization, The Nobel Peace Prize 1986 was awarded to Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016) "for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity."

Quote of the Day -- Rachel Maddow

Our military and weapons prowess is a fantastic and perfectly weighted hammer, but that doesn't make every international problem a nail.

-- Rachel Maddow

Quote of the Day -- Madeleine Maddow

... the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

-- Madeleine Albright